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[edit] Minor corrections

Apicius does not mean beekeeper. At best the adjective means "liked by bees", whence "dainty"; in any case, as with modern names (e.g., Smith and Fisher), what Apicius "means" is irrelevant.

Though the name Apicius appears once in Tac. Ann. 4.1, it is with no connection to our cook; the story of Apicius sailing to Africa to look at crabs is not in Tacitus, but in Athenaeus. Bill 11:38, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguating utterly?

I'm inclined to sort out the people called Apicius (at least three, apparently) from the book called Apicius, which no ancient source connects with any of the people. The book would get an article of its own. Does anyone object or want to comment? Andrew Dalby 18:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

No one objected, so I've gone ahead and done it. For links to all four articles see Apicius (disambiguation). Two biographical articles are new; Marcus Gavius Apicius is completely rewritten: the present article Apicius, on the cookbook, could do with some revision and expansion if anyone's interested. Andrew Dalby 13:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lasagne vandalism

Removed this: it has recently been discoverd that pasta was used in ancient times there is evidence of a type lasagna product .

The sentence contradicts previous information in the article and has spelling errors. Suspected vandalism. If you disagree, please add, correcting spelling and hopefully giving a reference. OliAtlason (talk) 02:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

• The following statement was deleted by an editor who specialises in deletions: "But in the flood of heavy tomes of pagan and Christian antiquity, it was unusual to read a Roman book containing recipes." Seemed like a sensible and literate observation to me, of course. --Wetman (talk) 15:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)