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"The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured - and most revisited - death scenes from classical antiquity. After fruitlessly opening his veins and drinking hemlock, Seneca finally succumbed to death in a stifling steam bath, while his wife Paulina, who had...

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Main Author: Ker, James, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Nero, > Emperor of Rome, > 37-68 > Friends and associates.
Nero, > Emperor of Rome, > 37-68
Statesmen > Rome > Biography.
Philosophers > Rome > Biography.
Hommes d'État > Rome > Biographies.
Philosophes > Rome > Biographies.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Friendship
Philosophers
Statesmen
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Call Number: PA6675 .K47 2009eb
 
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