 In the Roman "ritus graecus", a male celebrant wore Greek-style vestments, and remained bareheaded before the deity, or else wore a wreath.While Ceres' original Aventine cult was led by male priests, her "Greek rites" ("ritus graecus Cereris") were exclusively female.Towards the end of the Second Punic War, around 205 BC, an officially recognised joint cult to Ceres and her daughter Proserpina was brought to Rome from southern Italy (part of Magna Graecia) along with Greek priestesses to serve it.