Claudia (Roman Mythology)
Claudia was an ancient Roman Vestal Virgin and the daughter of Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC), Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul, consul in 143 BC. She intervened to save her father from attack by a group of plebs, plebeians. The crowd attempted to drag him from his chariot during the celebration of his Roman triumph, triumph, but Claudia interposed herself between her father and the attackers and accompanied her father up to the capital. References

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Vestal Virgin
In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals ( la, Vestālēs, singular ) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame. The Vestals were unlike any other public priesthood. They were chosen before puberty from a number of suitable candidates, freed from any legal ties and obligations to their birth family, and enrolled in Vesta's priestly college of six priestesses. They were supervised by a senior vestal but chosen and governed by Rome's leading male priest, the ; in the Imperial era, this meant the emperor. Successful acolytes vowed to serve Vesta for at least thirty years, to study and practise her rites in service of the Roman State, and to maintain their chastity throughout. As well as their obligations on behalf of Rome, Vestals had extraordinary rights and privileges, some of which were granted to no others, male or female. The Vestals took it in turns to supervise Vesta's hearth, so that at least one Vestal was stationed there at a ...
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