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The deaths of Seneca

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The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's death scene, situating it in the Roman imagination and tracing …

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The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's death scene, situating it in the Roman imagination and tracing its many subsequent interpretations.

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"The forced suicide of Seneca, former adviser to Nero, is one of the most tortured death scenes from classical antiquity. Here James Ker offers a comprehensive cultural history of Seneca's …"

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