- Born
- c. 1 BCE
- Died
- 65 CE
- Lived in
- Corduba, Rome & Corsica
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was born in Roman Corduba, in present-day Spain, and educated in Rome. He became a statesman, dramatist, and one of the most influential Roman Stoic writers, using letters and essays to explore fear, anger, time, and the practice of a considered life.
A LESSER-KNOWN DETAILHis political career could hardly have been less peaceful: he spent eight years exiled on Corsica, returned to tutor the future emperor Nero, and later served as Nero’s adviser before being ordered to take his own life.
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