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Temple of Vesta

Temple of Vesta. And the House of the Vestal Virgins. Audrey Palmer. Location. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta. Origin/Use. Vesta is goddess of the hearth C onsidered p rotector of Rome Every Roman household had shrine to her Called lares and penates

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Temple of Vesta

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  1. Temple of Vesta And the House of the Vestal Virgins Audrey Palmer

  2. Location http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta

  3. Origin/Use • Vesta is goddess of the hearth • Considered protector of Rome • Every Roman household had shrine to her • Called lares and penates • Builder of temple unknown

  4. Temple in Ancient Times http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html

  5. Importance/Use • Sacred flame perpetually burned in temple • Flame = Roman belief of eternity of city • Temple built to represent primitive round hut • Vestal Virgins tended flame • Held power in city • Destroyed in fire of Nero in AD 64

  6. Temple in Modern Times http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html

  7. Bibliography World Book Online http://worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar584220&st=temple+of+vesta http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/vesta.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html

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