 In Cicero's opinion, the Vestals ensured that Rome kept its contact with the gods.A peculiar duty of the Vestals was the preparation and conservation of the sacred salamoia muries used for the savouring of the "mola salsa", a salted flour mixture to be sprinkled on sacrificial victims (hence the Latin verb "immolare", "to put on the "mola", to sacrifice").This dough too was prepared by them on fixed days.