Seneca
Sen'e-ca,[Fr. SENEQUE,*.sa'n?k'.](r.ucius Ann.eus,)
an eminent Roman Stoic, philosopher, and moralist, born
at Corduba, in Spain, about 5 H.c. He was educated in
Rome, whither he was brought by his parents in his
childhood.
Having studied rhetoric, philosophy, and law, he
gained distinction as a pleader. Accused by Messalina
of improper intimacy w...
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 3 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman,
dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. He was later
forced to commit suicide for complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assas...
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L. Annaeus, second son of the preceding, was born at Corduba
about B.C. 3. He was from infancy of a delicate
constitution, and liable to serious illnesses, in one of
which he owed his life to the devoted care of his maternal
aunt, in whose company, he tells us, he was brought to Rome.
His instructors there were the eminent philosophers
Fabian...
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