1st Edition

Rome's Vestal Virgins

By Robin Lorsch Wildfang Copyright 2007
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this volume offers a brand new analysis of the Vestal Virgins’ ritual function in Roman religion. Undertaking a detailed and careful analysis of ancient literary sources, Wildfang argues that the Vestals’ virginity must be understood on a variety of different levels and provides a solution to the problem of the Vestals’ peculiar legal status in ancient... Read more

1. Within the Aedes Vestae  2. The Vestals in Public  3. Vestal Initiation – The Rite of Captio  4. The Vestals’ Virginity  5. The Vestals’ Legal and Financial Position  6. The Vestals in the Romans’ History  7. The Vestals in Roman History.  Conclusion.  Appendix A: Latin and Greek Texts.  Appendix B: List of Known Vestals.

Biography

Robin Lorsch Wildfang is Project coordinator for Studenterkurset i Sønderjylland.