Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays

‘This is a great book by a major Roman social historian that vastly enriches a reading of Apuleius…One of the great joys of this book is Bradley’s masterful ability to evoke the sights, sounds, colours, and striking cultural mixtures that constituted this complex world, pieced together with deceptive ease.’ Ellen Finkelpearl, Phoenix vol 67:1-2:2013

‘This impressive, eye-opening book is of the greatest importance to the quickly growing field of Apuleian studies. Readers will be rewarded by its rich and up-to-date set of historical data and bibliographical references, which Keith Bradley has collected into a usable format and interpreted in a manner that is nuanced and logically sound. It is a creative, thoughtful work, based on vast amounts of hard research; I both learned a great deal from it and enjoyed reading it, as it is well written in an elegant style.’ Benjamin Lee, Department of Classics, Oberlin College

‘Apuleius and Antonine Rome is a major contribution to the study of both Apuleius and the social history of North Africa in the second century of our era. The scholarship is impeccable, as usual in Keith Bradley’s work, and the writing is clear, direct, and persuasive. I expect the book to be required reading for classicists of any field who are interested in the Antonine age.’ Julia Gaisser, Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies, Bryn Mawr College