Seneca the Younger
c. 4 BC – 65 · 68 years · Rome · Europe
Stoic whose Moral Letters to Lucilius teach calm acceptance of fate and the value of time. Tutor and adviser to Nero, on whose orders he took his own life.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Augustus — first Roman emperor, 59 years older
- Vespasian — Roman emperor, 13 years younger
- Livia Drusilla — wife of Augustus, first Roman empress, 55 years older
- Epictetus — Greek Stoic philosopher, 54 years younger
Middle East
- Paul the Apostle — apostle and Christian missionary, 9 years younger
Asia
- Ban Zhao — historian and writer, 49 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- c. 4 BC Nativity of Jesus — aged 0, Middle East
- 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest — aged 12, Europe
- c. 30 Rise of the Kushan Empire — aged 33, Asia
- c. 33 Crucifixion of Jesus — aged 36, Middle East