Vesta, Aedes

Ab Urbe Condita Periochae

T. Livius

Cum templum Vestae arderet, Caecilius Metellus, pontifex maximus, ex incendio sacra rapuit.

When the temple of Vesta was burning, Caecilius Metellus, the pontifex maximus, rescued the sacred objects from the flames.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from T. Livius: History of Rome (Volume XIV: Summaries, Fragments), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 404, translated by A.C. Schlesinger, Russel M. Geer, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1959, 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, 5.40.7-10
T. Livius (Livy)

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

Ab excessu divid Marci, 1.14.4
Heriodianus

Annales, 15.41
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.3-6
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.4
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1
Dionysius Halicarnassensis

Camillus, 22.6
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Camillus, 21.1
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

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

De Verborum Significatu, 296L
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, 6.297-98
P. Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Fasti, 6.257-60
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, 54.24.2
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, 34.13
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 7.141
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)