The magistrates were obliged to salute them as they passed, and the fasces of the consul were lowered to do them reverence.

To withhold from them marks of respect subjected the offender to public odium; a personal insult was capitally punished.

They possessed the exclusive privilege of being buried within the city; an honour which the Romans rarely extended to others.
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The vestals were bound by a vow of perpetual virginity, and a violation of this oath was cruelly punished.

The unfortunate offender was buried alive in a vault constructed beneath the Fo'rum by the elder Tarquin.