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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Vestal Virgins"”.
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The Roles of Patrician and Plebeian Women in Their Religion in the Republic of Rome.
… roles and power were basically limited to the Vestal Virgins.</p>
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A Culture in Denial: The Roman Cultural Relationship with Human Sacrifice
… BCE but also the living entombment of the Vestal Virgins; the military self-sacrificial ritual of devotio; the drowning of hermaphroditic children; the allegations of human sacrifice that permeated the Late Republic; and the examination of assassinations as to whether human sacrifice under …
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Virginity Discourse and Ascetic Politics in the Writings of Ambrose of Milan
… I argue, were the rights and privileges of the Vestal Virgins, a well-established pagan ideology of virginity whose continued prominence and existence was largely unconscionable to the bishop. Ambrose's involvement in the controversy was partly attributable to his interest in ensuring the …