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| Apicius, Marcus Gabius |
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( p sh´ s) (KEY) , 1st cent., Roman gourmet. He squandered most of his large fortune on feasts and then, anticipating a need to economize, committed suicide. The cookbook called Apicius probably dates from a century later. |
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