Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Younger, was a rhetorician, philosopher, playwright, Senator, and tutor to the Roman Emperor Nero. A son of well-off parents, he was born in what is now Spain and educated in Rome. As a young adult, Seneca was named a Senator and quickly earned a reputation as a skilled speaker, attracting many supporters for his Stoic beliefs and criticism of the hedonism and excesses of wealth. Unfortunately for Seneca, by the time Emperor Caligula died and Emperor Claudius ascended, his fame gained him the ill favor of those in power. The new Empress Messalina, Claudius's wife, accused Seneca of having an adulterous relationship with one of his powerful...
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