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Furthermore, in the Commentaries on the Twelve Tables compiled by Labeo Fr. 24, Huschke; 2, Bremer. The comment quoted by Gellius is on Twelve Tables V. 1. we find this passage: A Vestal virgin is not heir to any intestate person, nor is anyone her heir, should she die without making a will, but her property, they say, reverts to the public treasury. The legal principle involved is an unsettled question.
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The Vestal is called Amata when taken by the chief pontiff, because there is a tradition that the first one who was chosen bore that name. Various other reasons have been given, of which perhaps the most attractive is that it is from an original a)dama/ta, inwedded. According to Pruner, Hestia-Vesta, p. 276, followed by Rossbach in Pauly-Wissowa, s.v., amata is not a proper name, but means beloved.
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On the philosophical question, what would be more proper on receipt of an order-to do scrupulously what was commanded, or sometimes even to disobey, in the hope that it would be more advantageous to the giver of the order; and an exposition of varying views on that subject.
