Seneca the Younger

Seneca the Younger (4 BCE-65 CE), also known as Seneca, was a Roman Quaestor, Senator, playwright and philosopher.
His father was Seneca the Elder (c.54 BCE-c.39 CE). Seneca the Younger was a close adviser to Nero between 54-62 CE. In 65 CE he was ordered to commit suicide by Nero after the failed Pisonian Conspiracy.

Works

9 Tragedies, 1 Satire, 124 Letters on moral issues and ten or more essays on Stoic philosophy.
- Tragedies (Fabulae crepidatae)
  - Hercules
  - Troades
  - Phoenissae
  - Medea
  - Phaedra
  - Oedipus
  - Agamemnon
  - Thyestes
  - Hercules Oetaeus
- Letters
  - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium: 124 letters on moral issues addressed to Lucilius Junior
- Essays (40-64 CE)
  - De Providentia
  - De Constantia Sapientis
  - De Ira
  - Ad Marciam. De Consolation
  - De Vita Beata
  - De Orio
  - De Tranquillitate Animi
  - De Breviatate Vitae
  - De Consolatione ad Polubium
  - Ad Helviam matrem. De Consolatione

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