Coelia Concordia
Coelia Concordia (fl. 394), was the last vestal virgin in history and the last Vestalis Maxima or Chief Vestal.[1]
The Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, and Coelia stepped down from her post in 394.
References
- Kate Cooper (1999). The Virgin and the Bride: Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity. Harvard University Press. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-674-93950-9.
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