Imperial advisor Seneca the Younger

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nero , seneca, eduardo barrón (1904). museo del prado


from ad 54 62, seneca acted nero s advisor, praetorian prefect sextus afranius burrus. 1 byproduct of influence seneca appointed suffect consul in 56. seneca s influence said have been strong in first year. seneca composed nero s accession speeches in promised restore proper legal procedure , authority senate. composed eulogy claudius nero delivered @ funeral. seneca s satirical skit apocolocyntosis lampoons deification of claudius , praises nero dates earliest period of nero s reign. in 55 ad seneca wrote on clemency written following nero s murder of britannicus, perhaps means of assuring citizenry murder end, not beginning of bloodshed. on clemency work which, although flatters nero, intended show correct (stoic) path of virtue ruler. tacitus , dio suggest nero s rule, during time listened seneca , burrus, quite competent. however, ancient sources suggest, on time, seneca , burrus lost influence on emperor. in 59 had reluctantly agreed agrippina s murder, , afterward tacitus reports seneca had write letter justifying murder senate.


in 58 ad consul publius suillius rufus had made series of public attacks on seneca. these attacks, reported tacitus , cassius dio, include charges in mere 4 years of service nero, seneca had acquired vast personal fortune of 3 hundred million sestertii charging high interest on loans throughout italy , provinces. suillius attacks included claims of sexual corruption, suggestion seneca had slept agrippina. tacitus though reports suillius highly prejudiced: had been favourite of claudius, , had been embezzler , informant. in response seneca brought series of prosecutions corruption against suillius: half of estate confiscated , sent exile. attacks reflect criticism of seneca made @ time , continued through later ages. seneca undoubtedly extremely rich: had properties @ baiae , nomentum, alban villa, , egyptian estates. dio cassius reports boudica uprising in britannia caused seneca forcing large loans on indigenous british aristocracy in aftermath of claudius s conquest of britain, , calling them in , aggressively. seneca sensitive such accusations: de vita beata ( on happy life ) dates around time , includes defense of wealth along stoic lines, arguing wealth gained , spent appropriate behaviour philosopher.








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