Proper noun
Apuleius
An author in the Roman Empire, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis.
Apuleius, Apology, 72. On his way there he was taken ill at the town of Oea (modern-day Tripoli ) and was hospitably received into the house of Sicinius Pontianus, with whom he had been friends when he had studied in Athens. Source: Internet
Apuleius (2nd century) described the everyday quality of religion in observing how people who passed a cult place might make a vow or a fruit offering, or merely sit for a while. Source: Internet
Apuleius, Apology, 75–76; Rebecca Flemming (1999), "Quae corpore quaestum facit: The Sexual Economy of Female Prostitution in the Roman Empire," Journal of Roman Studies 89, p. 41. Of his subsequent career we know little. Source: Internet
Education Apuleius informs us that Speusippus praised Plato's quickness of mind and modesty as a boy, and the "first fruits of his youth infused with hard work and love of study". Source: Internet
Apuleius, Apology, 24 Madaurus was the same colonia where Augustine of Hippo later received part of his early education, and, though located well away from the Romanized coast, is today the site of some pristine Roman ruins. Source: Internet
Apuleius accused a profligate personal enemy of turning his house into a brothel and prostituting his own wife. Source: Internet