The dignities accorded to the Vestals were significant. Its waters were dedicated to the exclusive use of the Vestals. Lavinium had the Vestals of the Laurentes Lavinates. He must have been aware of the significance of Tuccia and Vestals to the city. The "vittae" that the Vestals wore was a cloth ribbon worn in the Vestals' hair. Tibur too had his own vestals who are attested epigraphically. The fire was extinguished and the College of Vestals disbanded. Numa also appointed the "pontifex maximus" to watch over the Vestals. Augustus' religious reformations raised the funding and public profile of the Vestals. Today, remains of the statues of the Vestals can be seen in the "Atrium Vestae". The House of the Vestals was the residence of the vestal priestesses in Rome. The independence of the Vestals thus existed in relation to the prohibitions imposed on them. The House of the Vestals was rebuilt several times in the course of the Empire. Augustus included the Vestals in all major dedications and ceremonies. The Vestals were obliged to keep the sacred fire alight.