Seneca the Elder

Also known as Annaeus Seneca maior, Annæus Seneca

Roman scholar, writer and historian (54 BC-c.39 AD)

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Seneca the Elder, born Lucius Annaeus Seneca in 54 BCE in Córdoba, was an Ancient Roman writer, rhetorician, poet, and philosopher. He lived during the Roman Empire and died in Rome in 39. A member of the Annaea gens, he wrote in Latin. His son was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, also known as Seneca.

His literary output includes works such as *L. Annaei Senecae opera quae supersunt supplementum* and *Annaei Senecae Oratorvm et rhetorvm sententiae divisiones colores*. Other titles associated with him include *L. Annei Senece Tragoediae pristinae integritati restitutae* and *Oratorum et rhetorum*. Various sources list differing counts for his works, ranging from 5 to 41. He is referenced by 659 other encyclopedia articles and described in sources including the *Nordisk familjebok* and *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.

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Born: c. 55 BC
Died: c. 39 AD
Works: 41

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L. Annaei Senecae opera quae supersunt supplementum
Annaei Senecae Oratorvm et rhetorvm sententiae divisiones colores
L. Annei Senece Tragoediae pristinae integritati restitutae
Annaei Senecae Oratorum et Rhetorum Sententiae, Divisiones, Colores
Oratorum et rhetorum

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Córdoba
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: historian
Languages spoken: Latin
Native language: Latin
Image: Seneka Starszy Sevilla cropped.JPG

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date of birth: 0054-00-00
date of death: 0039-00-00
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Commons category: Seneca the Elder
time period: Roman Empire
name in native language: Marcus Annaeus Seneca
gens: Annaea gens
writing language: Latin
P12674: Julio Hernán Rossi
P12749: Cornel Lucas
Commons Creator page: Seneca the Elder

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15 objects attributed to Seneca the Elder, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Opera

Quedam interpretationes hebraicorum nominum, et differentie Ciceronis, cum multis aliis excerptis doctorum tam catholicorum quam gentilium. Item expositio super Lamentationes Ieremie, historialiter et allegorice, cum aliis tractatibus [titel fenestra]

M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Opera

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Encyclopedic overview

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder (/ˈsɛnɪkə/ 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. He wrote a collection of reminiscences about the Roman schools of rhetoric, six books of which are extant in a more or less complete state and five others in epitome only. His principal work, a history of Roman affairs from the beginning of the Civil Wars until the last years of his life, is almost entirely lost to posterity. Seneca lived through the reigns of three significant emperors; Augustus (ruled 27 BC – 14 AD), Tiberius (ruled 14–37 AD) and Caligula (ruled 37–41 AD). He was the father of Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, best known as a Proconsul of Achaia; his second son was the dramatist and Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger (Lucius), who was tutor of Nero, and his third son, Marcus Annaeus Mela, became the father of the poet Lucan.

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