 Upon entering higher office, Roman magistrates would go to Lavinium to offer sacrifice to Vesta and the household gods the Romans called "Penates".The Penates were Trojan gods first introduced to Italy by Aeneas.Alongside those household gods was Vesta, who has been referred to as "Vesta Iliaca" (Vesta of Troy), with her sacred hearth being named "Ilaci foci" (Trojan hearth).