 This strengthened the connection between the office of "pontifex maximus" and the cult of Vesta.Henceforth, the office of "pontifex maximus" was tied to the title of emperor; Emperors were automatically priests of Vesta, and the "pontifices" were sometimes referred to as "pontifices Vestae" ("priests of Vesta").In 12 BC, 28 April (first of the five day "Floralia") was chosen "ex senatus consultum" to commemorate the new shrine of Vesta in Augustus' home on the Palatine.