Note 412 — ROMAN PEOPLE (continued 4)
Reading edition
Marquardt, p. 266; Mommsen, Staatsrecht, i.2 594 foll. The ceremony is best described by Ovid, Ex Ponto, iv. 9. 5 foll. He is addressing the consul of the year from his place of exile:
at cum Tarpeias esses deductus in arces, dum caderet iussu victima sacra tuo, me quoque secreto grates sibi magnus agentem audisset media qui sedet aede deus. (II. 28 foll.)