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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Ancient Roman priesthood
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gptkbp:annualEvent
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gptkb:Vestalia
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gptkbp:couldFree
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condemned prisoners
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gptkbp:couldPardon
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criminals met by chance
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gptkbp:couldTestify
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in court without oath
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gptkbp:dedicatedTo
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gptkb:Vesta
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gptkbp:disbanded
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late 4th century CE
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gptkbp:existedDuring
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7th century BCE
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Numa_Pompilius
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gptkbp:gender
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female
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Roman vestal virgins
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gptkbp:influenced
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later Christian nuns
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Etruscan priestesses
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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sui iuris
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Roman_Forum
gptkb:Temple_of_Vesta
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:Tuccia
gptkb:Cornelia
gptkb:Licinia
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gptkbp:numberOfMembers
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six
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gptkbp:oversees
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gptkb:Pope
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gptkbp:penaltyForNeglectingFire
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scourging
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gptkbp:privileges
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vote
own property
make a will
special seats at games
ride in a carriage
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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gptkb:Pope
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gptkbp:punishmentForBreakingVow
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buried alive
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gptkbp:punishmentForMinorOffenses
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beating by Pontifex Maximus
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gptkbp:religion
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Ancient Roman religion
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gptkbp:requires
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freeborn
daughters of living parents
physically perfect
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gptkbp:residesIn
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gptkb:House_of_the_Vestals
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gptkbp:responsibleFor
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performing rituals
guarding sacred objects
maintaining the sacred fire
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gptkbp:role
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gptkb:priest
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gptkbp:selectionAge
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between 6 and 10 years old
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gptkbp:status
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high social status
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gptkbp:symbol
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gptkb:infula_(headband)
veil
white clothing
suffibulum (white woolen veil)
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gptkbp:termLength
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30 years
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gptkbp:vows
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chastity
service to Vesta
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gptkbp:worshippedIn
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gptkb:Vesta
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:La_Vestale_(Spontini)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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