Seneca: a life
by Wilson, Emily 1971-.
Material type: BookPublisher: Allen Lane 2015ISBN: 9781846146374; 1846146372.Classification number: 920 SENSubject(s): Seneca approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D | Philosophers -- Rome -- Biography | Authors, Latin -- Biography | Statesmen -- Rome -- BiographySubject: Emily Wilson traces the eventful life of Seneca, the Roman philospher, dramatist, essayist and rhetorician of the first century CE, who came from Spain to Rome, spent his youth in Egypt, was exiled to Corsica under Claudius but recalled after eight years, and rose to dizzying heights of wealth, power and social influence under Nero, before falling from favour and being forced to kill himself.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Emily Wilson traces the eventful life of Seneca, the Roman philospher, dramatist, essayist and rhetorician of the first century CE, who came from Spain to Rome, spent his youth in Egypt, was exiled to Corsica under Claudius but recalled after eight years, and rose to dizzying heights of wealth, power and social influence under Nero, before falling from favour and being forced to kill himself.
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