Naturalis Historia

C. Plinius Caecilius

Invenitur statua decreta et Taraciae Gaiae sive Fufetiae virgini Vestali, ut poneretur ubi vellet, quod adiectum non minus honoris habet quam feminae esse decretam. Meritum eius ipsis ponam annalium verbis: quod campum Tiberinum gratificata esset ea populo.

We also find that a decree was passed to erect a statue to a Vestal Virgin named Taracia Gaia or Fufetia ' to be placed where she wished,' an addition that is as great a compliment as the fact that a statue was decreed in honour of a woman. For the Vestal's services I will quote the actual words of the Annals: ' because she had made a gratuitous present to the nation of the field by the Tiber.'

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from C. Plinius Caecilius: Natural History (Volume IX. Books 33-35), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 394, translated by H. Rackham, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1952, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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