Vestal Virgins at the Temple Pendant Color and Karat:14k Solid Rose Gold 18 inch rolo chain

18 inch rolo chain

an artifact once carried as a talisman of protection and fortune

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and left an indelible mark on ancient Rome

Vestal Virgins at the Temple Pendant Color and Karat:14k Solid Rose Gold 18 inch rolo chainThe Vestal Virgins were the sacred priestesses of the goddess Vesta (the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hestia, goddess of the hearth), charged with nurturing her eternal fire at the heart of the Temple. The Vestals were chosen as young girls, plucked from the upper strata of Roman society and inducted into the cult of Vesta, where they vowed to remain chaste for 30 years, to tend the flame, and perform sacred rituals. As the only female priesthood at