Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca Wilson EmilyPevná vazba
Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca Wilson EmilyPevná vazba By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. Seneca found himself…
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Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca Wilson EmilyPevná vazba
By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. Seneca found himself at the turbulent center of Roman imperial power, making him thus an important witness to the Empire's first dynasty, the Julio-Claudians. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, violent tragedies, from metaphysical theory to moral and political discussions of virtue and anger.
Seneca was suspected of plotting against Nero, condemned to die, and ultimately took his own life-an act that is one of the most iconic suicides in Western history.The life and works of Seneca pose a number of fascinating challenges. Exiled by the emperor Claudius in the wake of a sex scandal, he was eventually brought back to Rome to become tutor and, later, speech-writer and advisor to Nero. How can we reconcile the bloody tragedies
Seneca - Wilson Emily