753 BC to 673 BC	According to tradition, Vesta's cult in the Forum started in the early regal period. Sources: Dion. Hal. 2.64.5-66; Fest. 320L; Plutarch, Numa 2.
390 BC	During the Gallic Sack, sacred objects removed and saved by the Vestals with the help of Lucius Albinius. Sources: Plut., Camillus 21.
241 BC	Burned; Palladium saved by Caecilius Metellus at the cost of his sight. Sources: Livy ep. 19; Oros. 4.11.9; Ov. Fast. 6.437-454; Dion. Hal. 2.66; Plin. NH 7.141; Val. Max 1.4.5.
210 BC	On the night of March 18, the temple narrowly escaped destruction in the fire that raged through the Forum. The thirteen slaves who saved the temple were rewarded with manumission. Sources: Livy 26.27.
14 BC	The temple was damaged by a fire that broke out in the Basilica Pauli. The Vestals saved the sacred objects. Sources: Dio 54.24.
64 AD	Burned in the Great Fire, but restored by 69. Sources: Tac. Ann. 15.41; Hist. 1.43.
100 AD to 117 AD	Rebuilt by Trajan. Sources: R. Scott, LTUR, vol. 5, p. 127.
191 AD	Damaged by fire; the Palladium was saved by the Vestals, who carried it up the Sacra Via to the Palatine. Sources: Herodian 1.14.4.
1877 AD	Excavated in 1877 and identified as the Temple of Vesta by R. Lanciani. Sources: R. Lanciani, "L'Atrio di Vesta," NSc 1883, pp. 471-478.


Temples Antoninus et Faustina, templum Castor, Aedes Concordia, Aedes Iulius Divus, Aedes Saturnus, Aedes Vespasianus Divus, Templum