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PHILOSOPHER

Seneca the Younger

4 BC - 65

Seneca the Younger

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( SEN-ik-ə; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba in Hispania, and was trained in rhetoric and philosophy in Rome. His father was Seneca the Elder, his elder brother was Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, and his nephew was the poet Lucan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seneca the Younger has received more than 5,385,494 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Seneca the Younger is the 24th most popular philosopher (up from 26th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Spain (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Seneca the Younger is most famous for being a philosopher and tragedian. He was also a tutor to Nero, the emperor of Rome.

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5.4M
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
91
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12.58
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Seneca the Younger ranks 24 out of 1,081. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Montesquieu, Thomas Hobbes, Democritus, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Epicurus. After him are Erasmus, Auguste Comte, Friedrich Engels, Averroes, Heraclitus, and Parmenides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 4 BC, Seneca the Younger ranks 2. Before him is Jesus. After him is Philip the Tetrarch. Among people deceased in 65, Seneca the Younger ranks 1. After him are Lucan, Poppaea Sabina, Simon Magus, Gaius Calpurnius Piso, and Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus.