Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
- ISBN-10
- 0307743748
- ISBN-13
- 9780307743749
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- James Romm
Description
Explores the moral struggles, political intrigues and violent vendettas that enmeshed Seneca, the ancient Roman writer and philosopher, in the brutal daily lives of the imperial family and the regime of his student, Nero.
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