Seneca : A Life

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Author: Wilson, Emily

Italy

Published on 3 March 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 272 pages
192 x 132 x 16 | 204g

Philosopher, dramatist, rhetorician, Stoic and pragmatist, Seneca was one of the most contradictory figures in ancient Rome, embracing a stern ascetic morality while amassing a fortune under Nero and eventually committing suicide. This definitive biography reveals a life lived perilously in the gap between ideals and reality.