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He wrote many notable books, the most famous of which was the Golden Ass (also known as
Metamorphoses). The tale concerns Lucius, who is transformed into an ass after dabbling in the world of
magic. Isis restores him, but only after he endures a variety of adventures. His other works include the
Florida, a collection of his orations, the Apologia, which defends both magic and himself, and the De Deo
Socratis, which examines Platonism. Many other works authored by Apuleius have been lost, and others,
like De Dogmate Platonis, are of dubious originality.
¤ AQUAE The Roman term for health-improving spas and baths. The Romans valued such sites and the
Aquae of any given region had much to do with its selection as a place of colonization and development.
Some of the major sites included:
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Aquae Cutiliae - mineral spring in Samnium, near the towns of Cutilia and Reate. This was
considered to be the center of Italy, and both VESPASIAN and TITUS died there.
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Aquae Patavinae - also called Aponi Fons; the warm springs near Patavium. The sick and the
dying often visited this site.
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Aquae Sextiae - site of a Roman colony founded in 122 B.C. by Calvinus in GALLIA
NARBONENSIS. In 102 B.C., Marius routed the Teutons at this spring. During AUGUSTUS'
time the colony was renamed Colonia Julia Augusta Aquis Sextus, and in 381 A.D. the site was
redesignated as the capital of Gallia Narbonensis. The waters of the site were especially famous in
the Roman world.
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Aquae Statiellae - warm springs in Liguria, near the town of the Statielli.
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Aquae Sulis - now Bath, England; the most famous of the spas after Aquae Sextiae. In the 19th
century A.D., its fame increased and gave impetus to archaeological research, which resulted in
great discoveries.
¤ AQUEDUCTS