SENECA

LUCIUS, called 4 Seneca the, philosopher,,,, was born in A.D. 3. He was taught by his father, and he pursued the Stoic philosophy most studiously. Being banished to Corsica m A.D. 41. because Me alina was jealous of his intimacy with Julia (niece of the Emperor Claudius), he wrote two treatises. SERPENTS “ Consolatio ad Helviam ” (a consolatory letter to his mother), and “Consolatio ad Polybium" (a letter consoling Polybius for the lo of a brother). He was recalled in 49, made praetor, and appointed joint-tutor, with Burrhus, of Domitius, -afterwards the Emperor Nero and the good government in the early years of Nero's; reign was due to him. He lost his influence and committed suicide in A.D. 66. He also wrote treatises " On Anger," “ On Providence,” "On Tranquillity of Mind," “On Clemency" (ad- SEVEN dre ed to Nero), etc. The tragedies which bear the name Seneca are inferior, ancf may have been his father’s work.