Apuleius and Antonine Rome

Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and an adjunct professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations[List of Figures]1. Law, magic and culture in Apuleius’ Apology2. Contending with conversion: reflections on the re-formation of Lucius the Ass3. Romanitas and the Roman family: the evidence of Apuleius’ Apology4. Animalising the slave: the truth of fiction5. Fictive families: family and household in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses6. Sacrificing the family: Christian martyrs and their kin7. Apuleius and Carthage8. Appearing for the defence: Apuleius on display9. Apuleius and the sub-Saharan slave trade10. Apuleius and Jesus11. Lucius and Isis: history in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses12. Apuleius and adultery in the age of the AntoninesAppendixBibliographical ReferencesIndex

‘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)