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Seneca the Elder — Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Rhetorician (ca. 54 BC ca. 39 AD) was a Roman rhetorician and writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Cordoba, Hispania.His praenomen is uncertain, but in any case … Wikipedia
Seneca the Younger — Ancient bust of Seneca, part of a double herm (Antikensammlung Berlin) Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of… … Wikipedia
Julia the Elder — Julio Claudian dynasty caption= Bust of Julia the ElderJulia the Elder (October 39 BC 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia (Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS•FILIA or IVLIA•AVGVSTI•FILIA [Aut|E. Groag, A.… … Wikipedia
Pliny the Elder — Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, (AD 23 – August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, naturalist or natural philosopher and naval and military commander of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia . He is known… … Wikipedia
Seneca — may refer to: People* Seneca the Elder, Roman orator and writer * Seneca the Younger, son of Seneca the Elder, Roman philosopher and playwright, tutor and advisor of Nero * Seneca Wallace, American football quarterback/wide receiver currently… … Wikipedia
Pier Paolo Vergerio, the Elder — Pier Paolo Vergerio, the Elder † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pier Paolo Vergerio, the Elder Humanist, statesman, and canonist, b. at Capodistria, 23 July, 1370; d. at Budapest, 8 July, 1444 or 1445. He studied rhetoric at Padua, canon law … Catholic encyclopedia
Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder — Pier Paolo Vergerio (the Elder) (b. at Capodistria, 23 July1370; d. at Budapest, 8 July, 1444 or 1445) was an Italian humanist, statesman, and canon lawyer.LifeHe studied rhetoric at Padua, canon law at Florence (1387 89) and at Bologna (1389 90) … Wikipedia
Scipio Africanus the Elder — ▪ Roman general Introduction Latin Scipio Africanus Major , in full Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus born 236 BC died 183 BC, Liternum, Campania [now Patria, Italy] Roman (ancient Rome) general noted for his victory over the Carthaginian… … Universalium
The Fair Maid of the Inn — is an early 17th century stage play, a comedy in the canon of John Fletcher and his collaborators. It was originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. Uncertainties of the play s date, authorship, and sources make it one … Wikipedia
The Bondman — is a later Jacobean era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, first published in 1624. The play has been called the finest of the more serious tragicomedies of Massinger. [Philip Edwards, quoted in: Terence P. Logan and Denzell S … Wikipedia
