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Just to be clear, the gourmet Apicius was first century, but he is not  
believed to have had anything to do with the work, which is generally dated to  
the fourth or fifth century and may have been compiled by several hands.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apicius
 
"Apicius" seems to have become a kind of general term for a gourmet just as 
 Amphitryon became a French term for a host. This is why I always refer to  
Pseudo-Apicius; it is a little too easy to blur the lines between the 
historical  figure and the (unknown) author or authors of the work.
 
Jim  Chevallier
_www.chezjim.com_ (http://www.chezjim.com/) 

Early  Medieval French wine
http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/03/early-medieval-french-wine.html




In a message dated 4/4/2014 3:12:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
t.d.decker at att.net writes:

While  Apicius is 1st Century CE, there are excerpts transcribed in the 5th 
or  6th Century