Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca wrote philosophical essays, letters and tragedies, while also serving as adviser to Nero. His works address anger, mercy, death, exile, wealth, power and the discipline of the self under unstable political conditions.

For the site, Seneca belongs in Classical for pages on Stoicism, Nero’s reign, imperial court politics and Latin tragedy. He is also useful where fiction examines the moral compromises of proximity to power.