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Apuleius

Type Figure Region North Africa Time c. 124–170 Also known as Apuleius、Lucius Apuleius、Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis

Apuleius was a Latin writer and Platonist philosopher from North Africa in the Roman Empire, born in Numidia c. mid-2nd century CE;…

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  1. c. 124–145Madaurus · NumidiaApuleius was born at Madaurus in Numidia; after preliminary local education he went to Carthage, Athens and elsewhere for advanced study of rhetoric and Platonic philosophy.
  2. c. 145–170Carthage · CarthageActive between North Africa and Rome, he wrote The Golden Ass and various philosophical and oratorical works, and took part in public debate through writings such as On the Divinity of Socrates, reflecting the multicultural background of the empire's western intellectual elite.

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