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en-wikipedia-org-7225		Apuleius - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3351	534	62	Apuleius was born in Madauros, a colonia in Numidia on the North African coast bordering Gaetulia, and he described himself as "half-Numidian half-Gaetulian."[5] 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. As to his first name, no praenomen is given in any ancient source;[6] late-medieval manuscripts began the tradition of calling him Lucius from the name of the hero of his novel.[7] Details regarding his life come mostly from his defense speech (Apology) and his work Florida (Apuleius), which consists of snippets taken from some of his best speeches. Apuleius was an initiate in several Greco-Roman mysteries, including the Dionysian Mysteries.[10] He was a priest of Asclepius[11] and, according to Augustine,[12] sacerdos provinciae Africae (i.e., priest of the province of Carthage). Frontispiece from the Bohn's Classical Library edition of The Works of Apuleius: a portrait of Apuleius flanked by Pamphile changing into an owl and the Golden Ass	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7225.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7225.txt