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  2. Seneca the Elder - Wikipedia

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    Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder (/ ˈ s ɛ n ɪ k ə / SEN-ik-ə; c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Corduba, Hispania.

  3. Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus - Wikipedia

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    Gallio (originally named Lucius Annaeus Novatus), the son of the rhetorician Seneca the Elder and the elder brother of Seneca the Younger, was born in Corduba (Cordova) c. 5 BC. He was adopted by Lucius Junius Gallio, a rhetorician of some repute, from whom he took the name of Junius Gallio.

  4. Correspondence of Paul and Seneca - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known reference to them is in Jerome's On Illustrious Men chapter 12, a work of around 392 CE: [7]. Lucius Annaeus Seneca of Cordova, a disciple of the Stoic Sotion, and paternal uncle of the poet Lucan, was a man of very temperate life whom I would not place in a catalogue of saints, were it not that I was prompted to do so by those Letters from Paul to Seneca and from Seneca to ...

  5. Genealogies in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve.The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5, and 11, reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter.

  6. Annaea gens - Wikipedia

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    Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the first of the gens of whom we have definite knowledge, was a native of Corduba in the province of Hispania Ulterior.However, his name and those of his descendants are clearly of Roman character, arguing that the family was descended from Roman colonists, and not native to Spain.

  7. Lucius Vipsanius (father of Agrippa) - Wikipedia

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    Seneca the Elder makes indirect reference to Lucius when mentioning that Marcus often omitted his nomen "Vipsanius" from his name due to embarrassment for his father's low rank, [4] although many modern historians doubt the veracity of Seneca's claim and believe Marcus simply followed a trend common at the time to exclude nomina. Seneca's claim ...

  8. Lucan - Wikipedia

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    Lucan was born in the Roman colony of Corduba into a wealthy family of central Italic origins; he was the son of Marcus Annaeus Mela and grandson of Seneca the Elder. He grew up under the tutelage of his uncle Seneca the Younger. He studied rhetoric at Athens [1] and was probably provided with a philosophical and Stoic education by his uncle.

  9. Helvia gens - Wikipedia

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    Helvia, the wife of Seneca the Elder, and mother of Seneca the Younger. [24] Marcus Helvius Geminus, raised to the patriciate by Claudius, was governor of Macedonia, and proconsular legate of Asia. [25] Lucius Helvius Agrippa, proconsular governor of Sardinia from AD 68 to 69. [26] [27]