 A later Platonist, Apuleius (born c. 125), gives us a substantial amount of information on contemporary beliefs in magic, though perhaps through no initial choice of his own.Apuleius was accused of practicing magic, something outlawed under Roman law.The speech he delivered in his own defense against the charge of magic, in c. 160 CE, remains and it is from this Apologia that we learn how easy it was, at that time, for a philosopher to be accused of magical practices.