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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 168 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APICIUS , the name of three celebrated See also:

Roman epicures. The second of these, M. Gavius Apiciue, who lived under Tiberius, is the most famous (See also:Seneca, Consol. ad Helviam, ro). He in-vented various cakes and sauces, and is said to have written on See also:cookery. The extant De Re Coquinaria (ed. 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. It is probable that the. real See also:title was Caelii Apicius, Apicius being the name of the See also:work (cp. Taciti See also:Agricola), and De Re Coquinaria a sub-title.

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