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| | Vestal virgin - definition of Vestal virgin in Encyclopedia |
 | | Their task was to maintain the fire sacred to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and home. | | | The House of the Vestals was rebuilt several times in the course of the Empire. | | | It burned until AD 391, when the Emperor Theodosius I's decreees forbade public pagan worship, had the fire extinguished, closed the Temple of Vesta and disbanded the Vestal Virgins. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Vestal_virgin
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| | Vestal Virgin -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! |
| | In Rome the institution of the Vestal Virgins, who were required to remain celibate for at least the 30 years of their service, indicates that celibacy was a very ancient aspect of Roman religion. | | | The Virgin Mary is a very important figure in the Christian Orthodox faith, and many turn to her because she is believed to have direct access to God. | | | Rhea had been forced to become a vestal virgin by her uncle, Amulius, who had deposed Numitor. |
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http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9381944
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| | The Christ by John E. Remsberg (Chapter 11) |
| | Thor was the son of Odin and the virgin Earth. | | | The deification and worship of the Virgin had its origin in the worship of Isis, and the adoration of the Virgin and Child is but the adoration of Isis and Horus transferred to Mary and Jesus. | | | This god was the son of Zeus and the virgin Alcmeni. |
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http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/rmsbrg11.htm
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| | Rhea Silvia |
| | Her uncle gave her to the goddess Vesta so she would remain a virgin for the rest of her life. | | | The Vestal virgin who became, by Mars, the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus. | | | Amulius had learned from an oracle that her children would become a threat to his power. |
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| | law.ca - Apparition of the Virgin Mary |
| | THE mystery of Western Australia's weeping Madonna is being accompanied by new claims that an apparition of the Virgin Mary is appearing regularly at the house where the statue is kept. | | | Find apparition of the virgin mary and more at Lycos Search. | | | 3 Apparition and of and the and Virgin and Mary Products in Books |
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| | Gracchi Brothers |
| | In 114 BC after a Vestal virgin was killed by lightning, the Sibylline oracles were consulted, and a Greek and Gallic couple were sacrificed in the forum as had been done in 225 BC, though the senate finally banned human sacrifice in 97 BC. | | | According to Appian the knights on juries became addicted to bribes, and the rich bought the land allotments of the poor or found pretexts for taking them by force; land distribution was discontinued; rent was collected, and though some of it was distributed to the poor, after many lawsuits much unemployment resulted. | | | Partially based on: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 1994, 2000, Columbia University Press. |
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