by Apuleius is still extant. This is known as the Apologia (A Discourse on Magic). Apuleius accuses an extravagant personal enemy of turning his house into a brothel and prostituting his wife.

Of his subsequent career, we know little. Judging from the many works of which he was author, he must have devoted himself diligently to literature. He occasionally gave speeches in public to great reception; he had the charge of exhibiting gladiatorial shows and wild beast events in the province, and statues were erected in his honour by the senate