There's a citywide fire going on! Quick, preserve the sacred fire! Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE) (media.piefed.social)
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[–] [S] 20 points 5 months ago

That sounds dangerously like POLLUTION of the SACRED FIRE!

The Vestals actually had a special way of kindling the Sacred Fire each year - by reflection of the sun's rays, thus making a 'pure' flame, not ignited by earthly materials.

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