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About Marcus Annaeus Seneca

Marcus Annaeus Seneca was Roman scholar, writer and historian (c. 54 bc – c. ad 39). Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder, also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Corduba, Hispania. He wrote a collection of reminiscences about the Roman schools of rhetoric, six books of which are extant in a more or less complete state and five others in epitome only. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Courage — Facing fear, adversity, and uncertainty with bravery

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