Title: The deaths of Seneca
First published: 2009
Description: The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's death scene, situating it in the Roman imagination and tracing its many subsequent interpretations.
Subjects: Biography, Philosophers, Friends and associates, Statesmen, Seneca, lucius annaeus, approximately 4 b.c.-65 a.d., Nero, emperor of rome, 37-68, Statesmen, biography, Philosophers, biography, Rome, biography, Death and burial
Places: Rome
People: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D), Nero Emperor of Rome (37-68)
LC classification: PA6675 .K47 2009