Lucius Annaeus Seneca

born c. 4 BC, , Corduba, Spain
died AD 65, Rome
byname Seneca The Younger

Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome's leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century AD and was virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62 during the first phase of the emperor Nero's reign.

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