the herbal attributed to Pseudo-Apuleius, and the writings attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite are classic cases of pseudepigraphy. In the fifth century the moralist Salvian published Contra avaritiam ("Against avarice") under the name Timothy. A letter survives in which he explained to his former pupil, Bishop Salonius, his motives for doing so.

The term pseudepigrapha is also commonly used to describe