Treatment at the Persian Baths
· Aquae Persianae (probable), Hammam Lif, Tunisia
During the circumstances surrounding a public performance, Apuleius withdrew to the Persian Baths for treatment after injuring his ankle. The baths are probably to be identified with a site at or near Hammam Lif across the Bay of Tunis. The speech is estimated by one scholarly reconstruction to 169, but its date cannot be fixed securely; the identification of the Persian Baths with Hammam Lif is probable rather than certain.
