The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome
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The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome
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Author : T. Cato Worsfold
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-02
The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome written by T. Cato Worsfold and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-02 with History categories.
In ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth. The College of the Vestals and its well-being were regarded as fundamental to the continuance and security of Rome. They cultivated the sacred fire that was not allowed to go out. The Vestals were freed of the usual social obligations to marry and bear children and took a 30-year vow of chastity in order to devote themselves to the study and correct observance of state rituals that were forbidden to the colleges of male priests. “AS far back as it is possible to trace the old religions of mankind, and in cases where primitive religions are still to be observed in savage countries, one finds as a feature of many cults, in various ages and countries, establishments of Virgin Priestesses, or religious votaries as an important adjunct to the worship of the Deity. “Of these establishments, perhaps the best known is that of the Vestal Virgins of Rome. “As I know of no exhaustive account of the Vestals in the English language, I have sought in these pages to trace the history of the foundation from its beginning (715 B.C.) to its extinction under Theodosius in a.D. 394, to set forth the status, functions and privileges of its members during this period of over one thousand years; to describe and discuss the temples served and hostels occupied by the Vestals, both as recorded in Latin and Greek authors and as shown by their existing remains; and finally, to give some account of similar foundations in other countries and other ages.”—T. Cato Worsfold
The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome
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Author : Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome written by Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Vestal virgins categories.
The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome
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Author : Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
The History Of The Vestal Virgins Of Rome written by Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with Cults categories.
Rome S Vestal Virgins
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Author : Robin Lorsch Wildfang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
Rome S Vestal Virgins written by Robin Lorsch Wildfang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with History categories.
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 Rome. Addressing the one official state priesthood open to women at Rome, this volume explores and analyzes a range of topics including: the rituals enacted by priestesses (both the public rituals performed in connection with official state rites and festivals and the private rites associated only with the order itself) the division and interface between religion, state and family structure the Vestals’ participation in rights that were outside the sphere of traditional female activity. New and insightful, this investigation of one of the most important state cults in ancient Rome is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all those interested in Roman religion, history and culture.
Vestal Virgins Sibyls And Matrons
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Author : Sarolta A. Takács
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Vestal Virgins Sibyls And Matrons written by Sarolta A. Takács and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
A fascinating exploration of women’s role in Roman religion that facilitates a better understanding of their importance in Rome’s cultural formation. Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere of the state. Although deterred from participating in most aspects of public life, women played an essential role in public religious ceremonies, taking part in rituals designed to ensure the fecundity and success of the agricultural cycle on which Roman society depended. Thus religion is a key area for understanding the contributions of women to Roman society and their importance beyond their homes and families. In this book, Sarolta A. Takács offers a sweeping overview of Roman women’s roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome’s history and culture from the republic through the empire. She begins with the religious calendar and the various festivals in which women played a significant role. She then examines major female deities and cults, including the Sibyl, Mater Magna, Isis, and the Vestal Virgins, to show how conservative Roman society adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history, artistic expressions, and religion. Takács’s discussion of the Bona Dea Festival of 62 BCE and of the Bacchantes, female worshippers of the god Bacchus or Dionysus, reveals how women could also jeopardize Rome’s existence by stepping out of their assigned roles. Takács’s examination of the provincial female flaminate and the Matres/Matronae demonstrates how women served to bind imperial Rome and its provinces into a cohesive society.
The Role Of Vestal Virgins In Roman Civic Religion
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Author : Lindsay J. Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Role Of Vestal Virgins In Roman Civic Religion written by Lindsay J. Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
This study introduces a question, somewhat disregarded or discounted in recent years, regarding the link between the Vestals and early Christian consecrated virgins. In a political interpretation of the ancient Roman virginity cult, this work demonstrates that female virginity was understood by both Christian and non-Christian Romans as a symbolic analogue of the securely intact body politic.
The Pagan Princess
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Author : Virginia L. Montgomery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-05-01
The Pagan Princess written by Virginia L. Montgomery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with categories.
Rome S Vestal Virgins
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Author : Robin Lorsch Wildfang
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
Rome S Vestal Virgins written by Robin Lorsch Wildfang and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This is an exploration of the function of the Vestal Virgins in the changing Roman world, exposed to new and different cultures through the expansion of the Roman Empire, provides a new and penetrating investigation of a cult which was at the very centre of ancient Roman religion.
Portraits Of The Vestal Virgins Priestesses Of Ancient Rome
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Author : Molly Lindner
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2015-08-20
Portraits Of The Vestal Virgins Priestesses Of Ancient Rome written by Molly Lindner and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-20 with Art categories.
Molly M. Lindner's new book examines the sculptural presentation of the Vestal Virgins, who, for more than eleven hundred years, dedicated their lives to the goddess Vesta, protector of the Roman state. Though supervised by a male priest, the Pontifex Maximus, they had privileges beyond those of most women; like Roman men, they dispensed favors and influence on behalf of their clients and relatives. The recovery of the Vestals' house, and statues of the priestesses, was an exciting moment in Roman archaeology. In 1883 Rodolfo Lanciani, Director of Antiquities for Rome, discovered the first Vestal statues. Newspapers were filled with details about the huge numbers of sculptures, inscriptions, jewelry, coins, and terracotta figures. Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, Priestesses of Ancient Rome investigates what images of long-dead women tell us about what was important to them. It addresses why portraits were made, and why their portraits—first set up in the late 1st or 2nd century CE—began to appear so much later than portraits of other nonimperial women and other Roman priestesses. The author sheds light on identifying a Vestal portrait among those of other priestesses, and considers why Vestal portraits do not copy each other's headdresses and hairstyles. Fourteen extensively illustrated chapters and a catalog of all known portraits help consider historical clues embedded in the hairstyles and facial features of the Vestals and other women of their day. What has appeared to be a mute collection of marble portraits has been given a voice through this book.
From Good Goddess To Vestal Virgins
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Author : Ariadne Staples
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02-01
From Good Goddess To Vestal Virgins written by Ariadne Staples and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with History categories.
The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. On the one hand they enjoyed social, material and financial independence and on the other hand they were denied basic constitutional rights. Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, yet their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognised. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion, as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture, including political activity. Ariadne Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.