Talk:Vestal Virgin

message: There are currently some citations in the History section do not have sources in the References section. The edit goes back to olid 12064349 (See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vestal_Virgin&direction=next&oldid=12064088), "Vestal Virgin" Revision as of 21:18, 8 April 2005 by Ccson (talk | contribs). CcSon removed the added the following website http://www.suppressedhistories.net/secret_history/patriapotestas.html  . The edit after that one, removed this source.
When you match the side by side, you can tell it is plagerism. In the original source, the full citations are not given. This is not even verifiable plagerism. I will also mark the History section of the page dubious until this matter is resolved. I find bad that this has remained in the article for this long without being detected. -- MicahDCochran 20:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with sources in History section 

message: An article on Human Sacrifice says that Vestal Virgin's were sacrificed, but this article clearly says that they were just punished for not staying a virgin, which is not the same at all... Which article is right? were they punished, or really sacrificed in the name of gods? Bojan Grgurov (talk) 01:26, 28 May 2008
: Well the later Romans rejected the ritual of human sacrifice, though killing them as a result of punishment would of been used. I guess maybe what denotes as "human sacrifice" could be debated. I think they meant human sacrifice in a ritualistic manner. Just my thoughts.JanderVK (talk) 15:01, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Human Sacrifice 

message: Wow! Sounds like best example I've ever heard of letting the fox guard the henhouse, short of actually letting a fox guard a henhouse.  I mean, wasn't this one of the rolls of the emperor? It sounds fishy to me. Is there any scholarship on whether this was actually a successfull way of keeping them virgins? And we should be careful that this notion of being married to the state doesn't somehow end up meaning that sex with the emperor doesn't count.
Amulekii (talk) 00:36, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under the Care of the Pontifex Maximus 

message: In the "Privileges" section of the article, it is stated that Vestals had the right to vote.  NO woman in Rome had the right to vote.
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thread_title:  Voting Vestals 

message: The picture description says " modern vestals'. But there are no mention about modern vestals anywhere in the article! And there is no need to use nude pictures to describe virgin priestesses. Basically the picture have no relevance to article. Salbazier (talk) 14:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Picture 

message: It says in Suetonius, 12 Caesars, chapter on Augustus, part XXXIhttp://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6387/pg6387.html, that the vestal virgins were elected, not drawn by lots. And that it was apparently not very popular to be elected one, as people tried to have their daughters removed from the list of candidates. Staffansvensson (talk) 01:15, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selection 

message: The term "vestal virgin" should be lower case; see, for example,  http://www.onelook.com/?w=vestal+virgin&ls=a WolfmanSF (talk) 20:01, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of upper case 

message: Feeling perhaps uncharacteristically generous, I rated this article a B on behalf of the Classical Greece and Rome Project. I may be unduly influenced by the fact that it's pleasantly readable, decently copyedited, and not burdened with defensive pedantry; a reasonably motivated 15-year-old could read it and grasp the subject. So a more dedicated G&R project member should feel free to challenge this. Cynwolfe (talk) 13:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  G&R Project rating 

message: It's contradictory in this article to say that Vestal Virgins were scourged if the Sacred Fire went out but that injuring them was punishable by death. It says that even when they were convicted of immorality, they were taken to a place to die and clearly not actively harmed. Can anyone clarify this because either than they were not whipped or it was allowable in some instances to do them harm. 
64.134.103.56 (talk) 19:14, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  To scourge or not to scourge? 

message: I added an image of the hearth at the Temple of Vesta to the section on punishments. Frankcjones (talk) 02:50, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Added an image

message: At the time Roma was founded by its "mythical" founders, there were a strong Thracian influence over all East Mediterranean countries.
In Present Bulgaria (Moesia, Thracia, Macedonia) and Romania (Dacia) the centuries old cultures were spread over the present Greece. It is known that the Roma was founded by Troyan royals after the war of Troy. - That is enough strong path to follow if one need to know the Truth. More: "Vesta" in present Bulgarian (the "old Bulgarians were that time the "Thracian people" - Moesians, Getae etc.), means simple "News" or a "News-bearer". "Vesta virgins" in present Bulgarian is called "vestalki", that means simple - "News-telling-girls". There are any sources and evidences for these connections, and if some one needs to have them, we may help.
Here is the simplest one:
http://kbedic.sourceforge.net/online/index_en.html
--79.100.49.49 (talk) 20:09, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ancient Thracian and Troyan families connection with Vesta and Vesta virgins cult. 

message: Is there any evidence that the Vestals were referred to as a collegium, as this article frequently calls them (with the English "college", though linked to collegium, which conspicuously does not include the Vestals)? I don't find any. Unless there is, I suggest we remove the term. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 16:34, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  College? 

message: Is it best practice to use language like “paramour” and “expiation” and “…Helvia, a virgin girl of equestrian family…”?
It comes across as a bit pompous and intimidating language that’ll put non-academics off the subject matter.
TTFTAKM (talk) 08:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of language in the body of the text 

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