Category
page 1Vestal Virgins
Vestal Virgin
priestesses of goddess Vesta in Ancient Rome
Rhea Silvia
mother of Romulus and Remus
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Tarpeia
thumb|Reverse of a denarius (89 BCE) depicting the torture of Tarpeia
thumb|Reverse of a denarius (19-18 BCE) of [[Augustus showing Tarpeia crushed by the soldiers' shields]]
In Roman legend, Tarpeia (; mid-8th century BCE), daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's abduction for what she thought would be a reward of jewelry. She was instead crushed to death by Sabine shields and her body cast from the southern Rock (Rupes Tarpeia).
Aquilia Severa
wife of Roman emperor Elagabalus
House of the Vestals
archaeological site in Rome, Italy
Claudia
Vestal virgin who saved her father from an attack by a group of plebeians
Tuccia
thumb|500x500px|Tuccia, in a painting by Francesco Granacci
thumb|Hector Leroux, La Vestale Tuccia, 1874.
thumb|'The Vestal' by Joshua Reynolds, showing Tuccia.
Licinia
Roman vestal virgin (fl. 1st century BCE)