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Roman recipes are known starting in the 2nd century BCE with Cato the Elder's De Agri Cultura. Many other authors of this period described eastern Mediterranean cooking in Greek and in Latin.[3] Some Punic recipes are known in Greek and Latin translation.[3] The large collection of recipes De re coquinaria, conventionally entitled 'Apicius', appeared in the 4th or 5th century and is the only more or less complete surviving cookbook from the classical world.[3] It lists the courses served in a meal as 'Gustatio' (appetizer), 'Primae Mensae' (main course) and 'Secundae Mensae' (dessert).[4] It begins each recipe with the Latin command "Take...", Recipe....[5] Arabic recipes are documented starting in the 10th century; see al-Warraq and al-Baghdadi.