Tag: ancient Roman women

Tracing Women Through Textiles in the Ancient Mediterranean

April 2, 2021

The study of ancient textiles can provide invaluable information about the daily lives, and potential movements of women throughout the ancient Mediterranean. This page will discuss scholarship surrounding ancient textiles as they relate to the tracing of women throughout ancient civilizations, primarily Greece and Rome. … More Tracing Women Through Textiles in the Ancient Mediterranean

The Vestal Virgins: How their ideals of viriginity have carried over into modern Christianity

April 1, 2021

Who were the Vestal Virgins? The Vestal Virgins were comprised of six priestesses, at a time, who worshipped the goddess of the hearth, Vesta. Their responsibility was to tend to Vesta’s flame, which was located in her temple, in the heart of Ancient Rome (Greenfield 2017). The sacred flame of Vesta was representative of the … More The Vestal Virgins: How their ideals of viriginity have carried over into modern Christianity