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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.
The Elder" and "the Younger" are epithets generally used to distinguish between two individuals, often close relatives. In some instances, one of the pair is much more famous, and hence not known as "the Elder" or "the Younger", e.g. Carl Linnaeus ; in such cases, they are not listed in a separate column but rather in the notes of the other person.
Seneca the Elder was an expert rhetorician and, from memory, compiled a set of classical themes for this exercise: the Controversiæ. [10] Controversia is demonstrated in the case of Quintillian 's Declamationes Minores where suasoria was turned into this exercise by using a courtroom as a setting. [ 11 ]
He was born in Roman Spain, and is mentioned often in the works of his friend and contemporary Seneca the Elder, with whom he studied under Marillius. In 17 BC, Latro declaimed before Augustus and Agrippa. [2] His school was one of the most frequented at Rome, with the poets Ovid and Abronius Silo among its students. Latro is said to have ...
Albinovanus Pedo was a member of the gens Albinovana.He wrote a Theseis, referred to in a letter from his friend Ovid, epigrams which are commended by Martial and an epic poem on the exploits of Germanicus.
Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), a Roman rhetorician, writer and father of the stoic philosopher Seneca; Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist; Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes, native to the area south of Lake Ontario (present day New York state)
The dialogue has the full title ad Gallionem de Vita Beata ("To Gallio on the happy life"). It was probably written in early 58 or a little earlier. [1] From incidental remarks made in the work, it is thought Seneca wrote it when he was in a position of power near the beginning of Nero's reign between 54 and 59. [2]
De Beneficiis (English: On Benefits) is a first-century work by Seneca the Younger.It forms part of a series of moral essays (or "Dialogues") composed by Seneca. De Beneficiis concerns the award and reception of gifts and favours within society, and examines the complex nature and role of gratitude within the context of Stoic ethics.