TY - JOUR
TI - The Vestal Virgins’ Socio-political Role and the Narrative of Roma Aeterna
AU - Wyrwińska, Karolina
TI - The Vestal Virgins’ Socio-political Role and the Narrative of Roma Aeterna
AB - 
	Roman women – priestesses, patrician women, mysterious guardians of the sacred flame of goddess Vesta, admired and respected, sometimes blamed for misfortune of the Eternal City. Vestals identified with the eternity of Rome, the priestesses having a specific, unavailable to other women power. That power gained at the moment of a ritual capture (captio) and responsibilities and privileges resulted from it are the subject matter of this paper. The special attention is paid to the importance of Vestals for Rome and Romans in various historic moments, and to the purifying rituals performed by Vestals on behalf of the Roman state’s fortune. The study presents probable dating and possible causes of the end of the College of the Vestals in Rome.
VL - Tom 14 (2021)
IS - Tom 14, Zeszyt 2
PY - 2021
SN - 2084-4115
C1 - 2084-4131
SP - 127
EP - 151
DO - 10.4467/20844131KS.21.011.13519
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/kshpp/artykul/the-vestal-virgins-socio-political-role-and-the-narrative-of-roma-aeterna
KW - Vesta
KW - vestals
KW - priesthood
KW - priestesses
KW - rituals; Westa
KW - westalki
KW - kapłaństwo
KW - kapłanki
KW - rytuały