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Apuleius, or Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis, Numidian Latin-prose writer, philosopher, orator and priest in the imperial cult, born around 125 AD in Madauros (M'Daourouch, Algeria), died after 170. Apulejus. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.