Vestal Virgins - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

According to Zosimus, the last of these people reproached Serena, the wife of Stilicho (“STILL-ick-oh”), for taking a necklace from a statue of Rhea and wearing it herself. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name these priestesses who tended a sacred hearth in Rome.

ANSWER: Vestal Virgins [or Vestālēs or Vestālis; accept priestesses of Vesta]

[10h] This panegyrist (“pan-uh-JEER-ist”) at Honorius’s court praised Stilicho as “surpassing all the candidates of the whole world” to be wedded to Serena. This poet’s other works include accounts of the war against Gildo and Stilicho’s Gothic war against Alaric.

ANSWER: Claudian [or Claudius Claudianus; prompt on Claudius]

[10m] Historians have questioned Claudian’s claim that this emperor chose Stilicho as Serena’s husband for his military capability, arguing instead that Serena chose him herself. The temple of Vesta was closed due to this emperor’s persecution of pagans in the 390s CE.

ANSWER: Theodosius I [or Theodosius the Great; prompt on Theodosius]

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Illinois A	Chicago A	10	0	10	20
Chicago D	Illinois B	0	0	0	0
Winona State	Wisconsin B	10	0	0	10
BU	UMass Boston	10	0	0	10
Harvard A	Brandeis A	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Cambridge E	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UC Berkeley B	UC Berkeley A	10	0	10	20
UCF B	UCF C	10	0	0	10
Duke	Virginia Tech A	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	South Carolina	10	0	10	20
UNC C	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
Illinois C	Chicago C	10	0	0	10
Indiana A	Indiana B	10	0	10	20
WashU B	Missouri	10	0	0	10
Missoui S&T	WashU A	10	0	10	20
Minnesota B	Carleton	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	0	0	10
Harvard B	Brandeis B	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Dartmouth A	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Tufts A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	Notre Dame C	10	0	10	20
Northwestern B	Notre Dame B	10	0	0	10
TAMU	ASU	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge B	Warwick B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Bristol	10	0	0	10
Durham	Oxford B	10	0	0	10
Imperial A	NYU C	10	10	10	30
LSE	Oxford C	10	0	0	10
Imperial B	Sheffield	10	0	0	10
Oxford A	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	Manchester	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Haverford A	Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Penn A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers A	George Washington A	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	Cornell D	10	0	0	10
RIT A	ESF A	10	0	0	10
UCLA	UCSD	10	0	0	10
Florida B	Valencia A	10	0	10	20
Florida A	Florida State A	10	0	0	10
Liberty A	Wake Forest	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
William & Mary	UNC D	10	0	0	10
Purdue	Georgetown B	10	0	0	10
Iowa	Georgetown A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Stanford B	10	0	10	20
Texas B	Texas A	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Louisville A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Bruin A	10	0	0	10
John Jay College	Maryland A	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Yale A	10	0	0	10
George Washington B	Penn B	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Cornell C	10	0	0	10