Appuleius is the ''
nomen'' of the Roman ''
gens Appuleia''. It may refer to various members of that family, including:
*
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, tribune of the plebs in 100 B.C.
*
Lucius Caecilicus Minutianus Appuleius, ancient Roman writer on grammar
* Any of several individuals named
Sextus Appuleius.
*
Lucius Appuleius
Lucius Appuleius (fl. 4th century BCE) was a man of ancient Rome who served as Tribune of the Plebs in 391 BCE. He impeached Marcus Furius Camillus for having secreted part of the spoils of war against the rival Etrurian city of Veii in 406.Plutar ...
, author of ''
The Golden Ass
The ''Metamorphoses'' of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as ''The Golden Ass'' (''Asinus aureus''), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.
The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of the no ...
''.
For other persons named ''Appuleius'', see
Appuleia (gens).
See also
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Gens
*
List of Roman gentes
The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same '' nomen'' and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early ...
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Ancient Roman prosopographical lists
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