Vesta, Aedes

Historiae Romanae

Cassius Dio

The Basilica of Paulus was burned and the flames spread from it to the temple of Vesta, so that the sacred objects there were carried up to the Palatine by the Vestal Virgins,-- except the eldest, who had become blind,-- and were placed in the house of the priest of Jupiter.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Cassius Dio: Roman History (Volume VI. Books 51-55), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 83, translated by Earnest Carey, Herbert B. Foster, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1917, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Texts

Ab Urbe Condita, 5.42.1-2
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita, 5.40.7-10
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita Periochae, 19
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab excessu divid Marci, 1.14.4
Heriodianus

Annales, 15.41
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.4
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.3-6
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Camillus, 21.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Camillus, 22.6
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

De Verborum Significatu, 296L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 320L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Verborum Significatu, 152L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

Epigrammata, 1.70.3
M. Valerius Martialis (Martial)

Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.4.5
Valerius Maximus

Fasti, 6.295-98
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.257-60
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.297-98
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.261-66
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Historiae, 1.43
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Historiae Romanae, 72.24
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 42.31.3
Cassius Dio

Historiae adversum Paganos, 4.11.9
Paulus Orosius

In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

In Vergilium Commentarius, 3.12
Maurus (Marius) Servius Honoratus

Naturalis Historia, 7.141
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 34.13
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Noctes Atticae, 14.7.7
A. Gellius (Aulus Gellius)

Numa, 11.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Tristia, 3.1.29
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Vesta Aedes
Richardson, L. jr

Images

Detail of Base Decorations
Detail of Coffering Elements
Detail of External Entablature
Detail of Internal Entablature
Extant Monumental Remains (Heavily Reconstructed)