Rome, Notes D'Histoire Et D'Art

Rome, Notes D'Histoire Et D'Art Ouvrage Couronn� Par L'Acad�mie Fran�aise (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Rome, Notes d'Histoire Et d'Art: Ouvrage Couronn� par l'Acad�mie Fran�aise

Ce n etait gu�re plus qu'une pratique rituelle, analogue � la purification lustrale. En outre, les Vestales ne consacraient leur virginit� que pour trente ans, apr�s quoi elles devenaient libres de se marier. Enfin elles ne connaissaient ni la pauvret�, ni le recueillement, ni les mac�ra tions. Elles vivaient dans le luxe, au contraire, largement dot�es par le tr�sor public, entour�es de serviteurs, fr�quentant les th��tres et les cirques. Elles n'avaient pas grand m�rite � gar der cette virginit�, dont saint Ambroise a pu dire avec raison qu'elle �tait pay�e, tempo raire et fastueuse emptitia, temporanea et fasta.

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ISBN: 9780484360722
Publisher: Fb&c Ltd
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Number of pages: 362
Weight: 635g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 21mm