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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC - AD 65)

Stoic philosopher, statesman, and writer. He was a tutor to Nero.

Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger Authority - ancient
 Relevant locations: Lived at or near Rome, Italy
 Relationships: Nero (15 Dec 37-09 Jun 68) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 32 Sententiæ ex Epicteto et Seneca &c.a manu J. Thomasen: Cestr: 1728. Opinions taken from Epictetus and Seneca etc., written by J. Thomasen of Chester, 1728.
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

17. Luc. An. Seneca.

Musaeum Clausum (1684)

14. King Mithridates his Oneirocritica. Aristotle de Precationibus. Democritus de his quæ fiunt apud Orcum, & Oceani circumnavigatio. A defence of Arnoldus de Villa Nova, whom the learned Postellus conceived to be the author of De Tribus Impostoribus. Epicurus de Pietate. A Tragedy of Thyestes, and another of Medea, writ by Diogenes the Cynick. King 199 Tract XIII. Bibliotheca Abscondita King Alfred upon Aristotle de Plantis. Seneca's Epistles to S. Paul. King Solomon de Umbris Idæarum, which Chicus Asculanus, in his Comment upon Johannes de Sacrobosco, would make us believe he saw in the Library of the Duke of Bavaria.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The Head of Seneca in Plaister; it is very large, a Yard within six Inches round, seems to be ancient and very agreeable to his Statue at Rome: This was amongst the Lord Fairfax's Curiosities. Atlas.