 Archaic cults to Ceres are well-evidenced among Rome's neighbours in the Regal period, including the ancient Latins, Oscans and Sabellians, less certainly among the Etruscans and Umbrians.An archaic Faliscan inscription of c. 600 BC asks her to provide "far" (spelt wheat), which was a dietary staple of the Mediterranean world.Throughout the Roman era, Ceres' name was synonymous with grain and, by extension, with bread.