Seneca the Younger (lived c. 4 BC–AD 65)

Seneca was born in Corduba. In AD 49 he returned from exile on Corsica as Nero’s tutor; Tacitus writes that Agrippina counted on his popularity. After Nero took power he governed together with the prefect Burrus, and Tacitus credits them with a moderate beginning to the reign.

In AD 62, after Burrus’s death, he asked to retire and wanted to give up his fortune; Nero refused. Tacitus at times takes aim at Seneca’s wealth.

In AD 65, after the Pisonian conspiracy, Nero ordered him to take his own life.