[714] Desertae is rightly explained by Wagn. of Ceres' temple standing in an unfrequented spot, which appears to have been the custom at Rome from Vitruvius 1. 7 (cited by Dorville and Henry), “Item Cereri extra urbem loco, quo non semper homines, nisi per sacrificium, necesse habeant adire.” Henry comp. Tac. A. 8. 15. 53, where the temple of Ceres is fixed on as a place for Piso to wait for the successful result of a conspiracy against Nero's life.
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