The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

Our authorities for the life of Apuleius are in the main the Apologia, the Florida and the last book of the Metamorphoses. He has a passion for taking his audience into his confidence and as a result it is not hard to reconstruct a considerable portion of his life. He was a native of Madaura the modern Mdaurusch a Numidian town loftily situated above the valley of the Medjerda.