The temple of Vesta began in the 8th century BCE and ended in the 4th century. The temple of Vesta was built in Rome Forum near the Regina and the House of the Vestal Virgins.
It was built because they need a place for the slaves and other workers to stay and for the virgins to stay. Temple of Vesta was made out of Italic hut, made of wattle and daub, with a thatched roof.
The temple really isn’t a temple because it doesn’t have the statue of a goddess. The goddess was the hearth. The entrance door pointed on the east and back door to the west. It a was a religious temple, like you could pray there.
It was burnt down numerous times and they would build it back up in the same year. The people of Vesta were like the priest of the temple. It was also a storehouse for the legal wills and documents of the roman senators.
It was one of the greatest temples in the Roman Empire. But it was not a true temple. It was destroyed in the fire of Nero in AD 64. It is a historically significant because it holds within it one of the most important gods of Rome.
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