Theodosius I disbanded a cult of these people who guarded the sacred fire of the Roman goddess of the hearth.
Saint Methodius wrote a mystery play dramatizing the preparedness and unpreparedness of peoples of this sort. In one culture, people with this quality are not subject to pater potestas and served a term of office for thirty years in a certain structure in the Forum Romanum. According to a Judgment Day parable named for them, five of them brought enough oil for their torches, while the other five didn't. Theodosius I disbanded a cult of these people who guarded the sacred fire of the Roman goddess of the hearth. Some cultures display soiled bed sheets to show that a newly-wed wife was one of these. For 10 points, name these individuals, 72 of which may or may not be promised to Islamic martyrs.
Saint Methodius wrote a mystery play dramatizing the preparedness and unpreparedness of peoples of this sort.
virgins [accept word forms like virginity; accept female virgins; accept Vestal virgins, prompt on women]