School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . itted to their charge, for when in suchkeeping they were considered inviolable;and in like manner very solemn treaties,such as that of the triumvirs with SextusPompeius, were placed in their they might be honoured in death asin life, their ashes were interred within thepomoerium. They were attired in a stola over whichwas an upper vestment made of linen, andin addition to the infiila and white woollenvitta, they wore when sacrificing a peculiarhead-dress called sujfihulum, consisting of apiece of white cloth bordered with purple,obl
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . itted to their charge, for when in suchkeeping they were considered inviolable;and in like manner very solemn treaties,such as that of the triumvirs with SextusPompeius, were placed in their they might be honoured in death asin life, their ashes were interred within thepomoerium. They were attired in a stola over whichwas an upper vestment made of linen, andin addition to the infiila and white woollenvitta, they wore when sacrificing a peculiarhead-dress called sujfihulum, consisting of apiece of white cloth bordered with purple,oblong in shape, and secured by a dress and general deportment they werrequired to observe the utmost simplicityand decorum, any fanciful ornaments in theone or levity in the other being always re-garded with disgust and suspicion. Theirhair was cut off, probably at the period oftheir consecration : whether this was re-peated from time to time does not appear,but they are never represented with flowinglocks. The following cut represents the. VESTAL TIRSIX. VIA. vestal Tuccia who, when wrongfully ac-cused, appealed to the goddess to vindicateher honour, and had power jfiven to her tocarry a sieve full of water from the Tiber tothe temple. The form of the upper gar-ment is well shewn. VESTIBULUM. [Domus, p. 142, a.] VETEllANUS. [TiKo.] VEXILLATIII, veterans in the Romanarmy, who were released from the ordinarymilitary duties, and retained under a flag{yexillum) by themselves, to render assist-ance in the luore severe battles. VEXILLUM. [SiGNA MiLlTARIA.] VIA, a public road. It was not until theperiod of the long protracted Samnite warsthat the necessity was felt of securing a safecommunication between the city and thelegions, and then for the first time wehear of those famous paved roads, which,in after ages, connected Rome with hermost distant provinces, constituting themost lasting of all her works. The excel-lence of the principles upon which theywere constructed is suff
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