Lucius Apuleius was born somewhere between 123 and 125 AD in Madaurus?, a Roman colony in Numidia?, and died sometime after 180 AD. His father was a provincial magestrate and he inherited a substantial fortune from him. Apuleius went to university at Carthage and later at Athens where he studied [Platonic philosophy]? among other subjects. After being initiated as a worshipper of Isis?, he went to Rome to study Latin oratory and passed the Bar. Later he travelled extensively in Asia Minor and Egypt, studying philosophy and religion.
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