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Seneca the Elder

54 BC - 39

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder ( SEN-ik-ə; c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), also known as Seneca the Rhetorician, was a Roman writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Corduba, Hispania. He wrote a collection of reminiscences about the Roman schools of rhetoric, six books of which are extant in a more or less complete state and five others in epitome only. His principal work, a history of Roman affairs from the beginning of the Civil Wars until the last years of his life, is almost entirely lost to posterity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seneca the Elder is the 541st most popular writer (down from 424th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Spain (down from 110th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Writer.

Seneca the Elder is most famous for his work "Naturales Quaestiones" which is a series of essays on natural phenomena.

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Among writers, Seneca the Elder ranks 541 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Martial, Vasubandhu, Luo Guanzhong, Nâzım Hikmet, and Osip Mandelstam. After him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Camille Flammarion, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Jean Paul, Enid Blyton, and Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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Among people born in 54 BC, Seneca the Elder ranks 1. After him is Mariamne I. Among people deceased in 39, Seneca the Elder ranks 2. Before him is Herod Antipas.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Seneca the Elder ranks 149 out of 3,355. Before him are Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870), Martial (40), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), and Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155). After him are Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Camilo José Cela (1916), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Matilde Camus (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Seneca the Elder ranks 10. Before him are Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Quintilian (35), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), and Martial (40). After him are Camilo José Cela (1916), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Matilde Camus (1919), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), and Joan Fuster (1922).

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