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Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba in Hispania, and was trained in rhetoric and philosophy in Rome. His father was Seneca the Elder, his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, and his nephew was the poet Lucan. In AD 41, Seneca was exiled to the island of Corsica under emperor Claudius, but was allowed to return in 49 to become a tutor to Nero. When Nero became emperor in 54, Seneca became his advisor and, together with the praetorian prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus, provided competent government for the first five years of Nero's reign. Seneca's influence over Nero declined with time, and in 65 Seneca was executed by forced suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, of which he may have been innocent, although there is still no consensus agreement. His stoic and calm suicide has become the subject of numerous paintings. As a writer, Seneca is known for his philosophical works, and for his plays, which are all tragedies. His prose works include 12 essays and 124 letters dealing with moral issues. These writings constitute one of the most important bodies of primary material for ancient Stoicism. As a tragedian, he is best known for plays such as his Medea, Thyestes, and Phaedra. Seneca had an immense influence on later generations—during the Renaissance he was "a sage admired and venerated as an oracle of moral, even of Christian edification; a master of literary style and a model [for] dramatic art."

Infobox

Born
c. 4 BCCorduba, Hispania Baetica, Roman Empire
Died
AD 65 (aged 67–68)Rome, Roman Italy, Roman Empire
Other names
Seneca the Younger, Seneca
Parent
Seneca the Elder (father)
Era
Hellenistic philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Stoicism
Main interests
Ethics
Notable works
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Notable ideas
Problem of evil

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Preceded byNumerius Cestius,and Lucius Antistius Vetusas Suffect consuls
Preceded byNumerius Cestius,and Lucius Antistius Vetusas Suffect consuls
Political offices
Preceded byNumerius Cestius,and Lucius Antistius Vetusas Suffect consuls
Political offices
Consul of the Roman Empire 55with Publius Cornelius Dolabella Marcus Trebellius Maximus Publius Palfurius
Political offices
Succeeded byGnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus,and Titus Curtilius Manciaas Suffect consuls
Political offices
Preceded byNumerius Cestius,and Lucius Antistius Vetusas Suffect consuls
Consul of the Roman Empire 55with Publius Cornelius Dolabella Marcus Trebellius Maximus Publius Palfurius
Succeeded byGnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus,and Titus Curtilius Manciaas Suffect consuls

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