Defense at the Sabratha magic trial
· Sabratha, Libya

Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license · file Apuleius personally delivered his defense against the charge of using magic before the proconsul and magistrates at Sabratha; the speech survives as the Apologia. The trial is dated circa 158, with some scholarship allowing late 158 or early 159.