The Vestal Virgins and Their Imperial Patrons: Sculptures and Inscriptions from the Atrium Vestae in the Roman Forum |
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Antiquario Forense Cat antiquity Atrium Vestae Bieber braids breasts bust carved Catalog Chapter Chief Vestal crines Crispina cult dedicated Deman discuss display Domitia Domitian draped female drapery configuration early Severan emperors empress excavated exedra eyes face Faustina the Elder Faustina the Younger Fittschen and Zanker Flavian folds Fortuna Forum Giornale dei Lavori Giustiniani goddess Hadrianic hairstyle headdress headless statues honor iconography imperial family imperial portraits imperial women infula inscribed bases Julia Domna Lanciani Large Herculanean Woman late Antonine Lucilla marble medallions monuments Museo Nazionale Romano Museum neck non-imperial women Ostia Palazzo dei Conservatori palla Peplophoros physiognomy plinth Plotina portrait heads portrait statues portraiture Priestess Burning Incense Provenance reign right arm Rome Sabina scholars second century A.D. shoulder statue Cat statue type suffibulum supra Temple of Vesta torso Trajan tunica turban coiffure Uffizi Vatican Vestal statues Vestal Virgins Villa vittae wears young Vestal