Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian, regarded as Rome's leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century CE. Born in Córdoba, Spain, he was educated in Rome, where he trained in rhetoric and studied philosophy at the school of the Sextii. He authored the 'Moral Letters to Lucilius' and tragedies including 'Medea', 'Thyestes', and 'Phaedra'. He served as tutor and chief advisor to Emperor Nero from AD 54 to 62.