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About Quinta Claudia
Quinta Claudia was a Roman matron said to have been instrumental in bringing the goddess Cybele, "Great Mother" of the gods from her shrine in Greek Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC, during the last years of Rome's Second Punic War against Carthage. The goddess had been brought in response to dire prodigies, a failed harvest and the advice of various oracles. Roman histories and stories describe Quinta Claudia as castissima femina in Rome, chosen along with Scipio Nasica, Rome's optimus vir to welcome the goddess.
Everything about Quinta Claudia →- Position held
- Vestal Virgin
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 300 BC
- Died
- 200 BC