 In 391, despite official and public protests, Theodosius I closed the temple, and extinguished the sacred flame.Finally, Coelia Concordia stepped down as the last "Vestalis Maxima" ("chief Vestal") in 394.Depicted as a good-mannered deity who never involved herself in the quarreling of other gods, Vesta was ambiguous at times due to her contradictory association with the phallus.