This was a huge responsibility for the priestesses, as the well being of the whole country depended on their will to survive and to carry out their duties. However, not all things last forever. The religious institution of Rome, of worship, shipping idols and appointing vestal virgins, taking away their rights of freedom, continued for years. The Roman dynasty eventually came to a brutal end, and the cult ended as well in the year 394 Ad. When Christianity finally started to spread