The current temple dates from 191 BC, when Julia Domna, wife of the emperor Septimius Severus, ordered a thorough restoration

The Temple of Vesta is one of the oldest sanctuaries in the Roman Forum. It was dedicated to Aedes Vesta, the goddess of the hearth.

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