Brought back from exile, he and his friends would virtually rule Rome in the first years of Nero's reign. The second son of a wealthy family, Seneca was educated in the philosophy of the Sextii.

But Nero didn’t want to be controlled by his mother. Encouraged by his former tutor, the writer and philosopher Seneca, he began to make his own decisions. Relations with his mother became ...

Nevertheless, Nero grows weary of Seneca and uses a foiled attack on his ... by different subsets of arrogant men (the kind who read The Art of War and who repress every emotion).

The year is 65 AD in Rome. The philosopher Seneca has been Emperor Nero‘s mentor and close advisor since childhood, and has been significantly involved in his ascent. Nevertheless, Nero grows ...