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-53–39 · Roman scholar, writer and historian (54 BC-c.39 AD)

Also known as: Seneca der Ältere, Annæus Seneca, Annaeus Seneca maior, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Marcus Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca der Rhetor

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