Vestal Virgins hogtied and ball-gagged

Ditching the tour group near Palatine Hill, Alice and I found a hidden temple where a small but excited crowd gathered.

On the temple steps a stunning blonde in a minidress and boots looked cool and chic—even as the crowd taunted her: "Troia!" "Baldracca!" "Sgualdrina!"

A local translated for us. "Her man say she not, eh, faithful to him, so people call her slut and whore." She explained that the temple honored Vesta just as four women emerged to bind the "troia" hand and foot, and when one exposed her luscious boobs, the taunts began again.

"Vestales train troia to keep legs closed," our local added as the Vestal Virgins hogtied and ball-gagged her, the crowd now pelting her with small stones and olives, before they carried the protesting, struggling troia inside. "She no more slut when Vestales make free next year."