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Wide shot of Roman temple atop a hill in Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli 2. Pan right of ceiling of ancient Roman temple in Villa Gregoriana3. Wide shot of columns and Vestal Virgins walking in from left4. Close up...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eTivoli - June 15, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of Roman temple atop a hill in Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli \u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan right of ceiling of ancient Roman temple in Villa Gregoriana\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of columns and Vestal Virgins walking in from left\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of the \"Virgo Vestalis Maxima,\" the most senior of the Vestals\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Adriana Serpi, member of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club and anthropologist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am the Virgo Vestalis Maxima, that is the most senior priestess who runs the cult of Goddess Vesta in the Order of the Vestals, six Roman priestesses who guard the Holy Fire.\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium shot of Virgo Vestalis Maxima pouring dirt on the ground, as part of the \"Vestalia\" ritual, a week-long celebration after the harvest\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close up of Virgo Vestalis Maxima\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Adriana Serpi, member of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club and anthropologist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"During the Vestalia, noble Roman women were allowed the honour of approaching the temple. During this celebration that we have today revived,  the cleaning of the temple took place, washed with spring water, and actually they cleared the temple from donkey dung.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide shot of Temple of Vesta in Tivoli\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Adriana Serpi, member of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club and anthropologist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"They were very rich and well respected. They were free to travel across Rome by carriage, while in Rome that was forbidden, but they had their own driver of an ancient Roman carriage.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide shot of Virgin Vestals talking to tourists abut the details of the \"Vestalia\" celebration and rituals\u003cbr/\u003e30. Vestal Virgin girl playing with an ear of grain\u003cbr/\u003e31. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Adriana Serpi, member of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club and anthropologist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Vestals' blood couldn't be shed, so they were buried alive, just like you would do to kill a fire, by covering it with dirt - in order to kill a Vestal they covered her with dirt.\"\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide shot of white dove on earthenware with park in the background\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide shot of landscape of Tivoli, near Rome\u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide shot of waterfalls in Tivoli\u003cbr/\u003e35. Medium shot of Giorgio Franchetti, president of the S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club, dressed as a Roman legionary\u003cbr/\u003e36. Wide shot of members of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club in ancient costumes inside the park of Villa Gregoriana, an archaeological site in Tivoli\u003cbr/\u003e37. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Renato Di Cicco, member of the scientific committee at S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club:\u003cbr/\u003e \"Reconstructive or experimental archeology starts from the finding of a tool and tries to reconstruct the use of that tool. Therefore, it the finding is the so called \"gladius hispanicus\" - which is the Roman sword - and the shield, we try to reproduce the fighting style of the Romans by using those weapons.\"\u003cbr/\u003e38. Medium shot of Roman legionaries in military formation switching position from front to back row \u003cbr/\u003e39. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giorgio Franchetti, President of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The glaius is a weapon peculiar to the Roman army. It's a short sword that is successful on the short-distance fight, a winner in the brawl, whereas enemy peoples very often used such big swords that were very difficult to brandish in a scuffle. This sword was mostly used to poke - deadly.\"\u003cbr/\u003e40. Medium shot Roman soldiers fighting in pairs with sword and shield\u003cbr/\u003e41. Close up Roman soldiers seen from the back as they fight\u003cbr/\u003e42. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Giorgio Franchetti, President of S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club:\u003cbr/\u003e \"This fur comes from the United States. In this case, it's coyote, which unfortunately for him is not a protected species and simulates wolf fur perfectly.\"\u003cbr/\u003e43. Close up of coyote fur on helmet\u003cbr/\u003e44. Close up of Roman soldiers seen from the back while their Centurion lectures tourists on the use of ancient Roman weapons.\u003cbr/\u003e45. Wide shot of Roman soldiers seen from the back while their Centurion lectures tourists on the use of ancient Roman weapons.\u003cbr/\u003e46. Close up of Roman sword and shield poses on an ancient stone from the Roman wrecks of Villa Gregoriana.\u003cbr/\u003e47. Close up of standard with a golden hand and sign reading \"Leg X Gem Coh IV\" (Legion X Gemina Fourth Cohort)\u003cbr/\u003e48. Medium shot of Roman soldier showing a model of Roman crossbow\u003cbr/\u003e49. Close up of crossbow as a Roman soldier loads it\u003cbr/\u003e50. Close up of crossbow triggering and shooting\u003cbr/\u003eIn the Roman countryside, six modern Vestal Virgins gathered to revive the celebration of the \"Vestalia\", the annual feast that marked the end of the harvesting season.   \u003cbr/\u003eThey did it under the tight protection of a legion of Roman soldiers guarding the entrance of a majestic archaeological park, Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's the latest example of the trend of 'experimental archaeology', a practice and a hobby which aims to teach history in a new, more interactive way.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe Vestal Virgins, the ancient guardians of Rome's Holy Fire, have found a new home just outside the Eternal City. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, an archaeological site in the Roman countryside.   \u003cbr/\u003eSix modern Vestal Virgins gathered at the Temple atop a hill inside the majestic archaeological park Villa Gregoriana to revive an ancient ritual on Sunday, June 15, 2008. \u003cbr/\u003eThey celebrated the \"Vestalia,\" Rome's week-long feast from ancient times marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of a new season of work.   \u003cbr/\u003eIn the Roman era the \"Vestalia\" celebrations were one of the rare opportunities to meet the Vestals, noble women who were allowed to bring gifts to the temple at a very special time. \u003cbr/\u003eDuring this period the Vestal Virgins would take on the annual cleaning of the Temple of Vesta, which functioned as a donkey-powered mill during the harvest season.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the temple, grain was ground to produce a special type of wheat called \"mole salsa\" - the ritual seasoning that the Vestals used for animals to make sacrifices to the Goddess Vesta.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe Vestals played a crucial role in Rome's religious life. \u003cbr/\u003eA Vestal Virgin's career began in childhood and after ten years training they were allowed guard Rome's Holy Fire. \u003cbr/\u003eThen after thirty years at the temple, her time as a vestal virgin ends and she is free to choose whether to marry or not. \u003cbr/\u003eAdriana Serpi, is a member of the S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club who recreated the Virgo Vestalis Maxima,  and an anthropologist by trade. \u003cbr/\u003eSerpi is now most senior among the six modern priestesses. \u003cbr/\u003eShe says that the Vestals were privileged and powerful because they enjoyed degrees of freedom that not many other women at the time of the Roman Republic and the Empire could have.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe most famous Vestal Virgin in the history of Rome comes form the legend about the foundation of the city. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Rome's founding myth, the daughter of a king deposed by his brother was forced to become a vestal virgin to prevent her from having children. \u003cbr/\u003eBut Rhea Silvia became pregnant with sons of the god Mars.  \u003cbr/\u003eWhen the infants were discovered, the princess was imprisoned and the babies were set adrift in a basket on the Tiber River - which today winds its way through Rome. \u003cbr/\u003eThe twins floated ashore safely and were suckled by a she-wolf until they were rescued by a shepherd, who raised them.  \u003cbr/\u003eWhen they learned the story of their past, they killed the usurper Amulius, restored Rhea Silvia's father - Numitor - to the throne, and set off to found a city on the site where they were taken care of by the wolf.  \u003cbr/\u003eSerpi says that Vestal Virgins who lost their virginity were punished by death. \u003cbr/\u003eAs tradition dictated that their blood could not be shed, they were buried alive. \u003cbr/\u003eVesta, was the mythological Roman goddess of hearth and home. \u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile at the gates of the Villa Gregoriana male members of the S.P.Q.R. (Senate and Roman People) Cultural Club were wielding their swords in a less sedate cultural re-enactment. \u003cbr/\u003eRenato Di Cicco, a member of the scientific committee of the S.P.Q.R. Cultural Club says that this type of archaeology helps people to understand why Romans did things in a certain way, he says for example that by having 'mock fights' with a typical Roman sword helps to replicate the way the Romans fought. \u003cbr/\u003eDi Cicco says that the typical roman sword called 'glaius' is shorter than normal swords and more deadly in a scuffle, than longer swords. \u003cbr/\u003eThe modern soldiers re-create ancient military formations and techniques, dressed in full roman armour, but in places some compromises have to be made with authenticity. \u003cbr/\u003eGiorgio Franchetti, President of S.P.Q.R. 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