![]() ![]() If the flame were ever to go out, it meant dire consequences for Rome, in the minds of the people.Īt first Brinnaria hates being condemned to at least thirty years as a virgin priestess, but under the tutelage of the emperor and the chief Vestal, she learns how highly regarded the Vestals are. Brinnaria becomes a Vestal, one of six virgin priestesses of the goddess Vesta, whose duty it was to guard the sacred flame in the Temple of Vesta. Brinnaria is in love with the young nobleman Caius Almo, but her father insists that she marry another man, Calvaster, or become a Vestal virgin: a choice similar to that faced by Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White tells the story of Brinnaria, a high-spirited young girl who is the daughter of a patrician family in imperial Rome during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. ![]()
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