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8. M. Iunio <A.> Manlio coss. AUC 576/178 BC

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incendio circa forum cum plurima essent deusta, aedes Veneris sine ullo vestigio cremata. Vestae penetralis ignis extinctus. virgo iussu M. Aemilii pontificis maximi flagro caesa negavit ulterius interiturum. supplicationibus habitis in Hispania et Histria bella prospere administrata. The forum along with many other places around about were burnt by fire, without a shred of evidence the shrine of Venus was consumed by flames. The fire in Vesta’s inner sanctuary went out. On the orders of the pontifex maximus, M. Aemilius, a [Vestal] Virgin was killed by flogging, although she claimed that the fire would not go out any more. After ceremonies of supplication were held, the wars in Spain and Histria progressed well.