The temple became a site for annual festivals ... located in western France, came under Roman control after Julius Caesar’s conquest in 56 BCE. The Romans quickly began building roads to connect ...

The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.