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APICIUS
, the name of three celebrated See also:Roman epicures
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The second of these, M
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Gavius Apiciue, who lived under Tiberius, is the most famous (See also:Seneca, Consol. ad Helviam, ro)
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He in-vented various cakes and sauces, and is said to have written on See also:cookery
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The extant De Re Coquinaria (ed
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Schuch, 1874), a collection of receipts, ascribed to one Caelius Apicius, is founded on See also:Greek originals, and belongs to the 3rd See also:century A.D
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It is probable that the. real See also:title was Caelii Apicius, Apicius being the name of the See also:work (cp
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