APICIUS. There were at Rome three of that
name, famous for their gluttony: the second is the most
celebrated of the three. He lived under Tiberius,
spent immense sums on his belly, and invented divers
sorts of cakes which bore his name. He kept as it
were a school of gluttony at Rome. After having
spent two millions and a half in entertainments, finding
himself very much in debt, he examined into the state
of his affairs; and seeing that he had but 250,000 li-
vers remaining, he poisoned himself, out of apprehension
of starving with such a sum. He had prostituted him-
self when very young to Sejanus.