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The Vestal Habit
Gallia, Andrew (University of Chicago Press, 2014)
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Title
The Vestal Habit
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Issue Date
2014
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Type
Article
Abstract
This article reexamines the nature of the costume of the Vestal Virgins, arguing that instead of indicating the ambiguity of their position in relation to standard Roman sexual roles, the clothes they wore consistently emphasized their chastity.
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Articles and Scholarly Works (Twin Cities) [262]
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doi: 10.1086/676291
Previously Published Citation
Classical Philology 109.3
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Gallia, Andrew. (2014). The Vestal Habit. University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214959.
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