Apologia - Apologia

…Apuleius defended himself eloquently in court and was found not guilty. This took place around 155, and the speech he gave there remains, entitled Apologia (Apology), which is the only surviving example of a court speech from the Roman Empire. Little is known about his subsequent career, and his year of death is also unknown, but he lived in Carthage, wrote literary works, and traveled throughout Africa. He was active as a philosopher and rhetorician, and was respected by the citizens. It is said that statues of him were erected in both Carthage and his hometown of Madaurus. …

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…これに対してアプレイウスは法廷で雄弁に自己を弁護し，無罪となった。155年ころのことで，そのときの弁論が《アポロギア(弁明)》の題で残っているが，これはローマ帝政時代の法廷弁論のうち，現存する唯一の例として貴重なものである。その後の経歴はほとんどわからず，没年も不明であるが，カルタゴに住み，文学的な著作をするかたわらアフリカ各地を旅し，哲学者や修辞学者として活躍して市民の尊敬を受けたらしく，カルタゴと故郷のマダウロスの両市に彼の彫像が建てられたと伝えられる。…

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