Forced suicides
Forced suicide is a method of execution where the victim is coerced into committing suicide to avoid facing an alternative option they perceive as much worse, such as suffering torture, public humiliation, or having friends or family members imprisoned, tortured or killed. == In ancient Greece and Rome == Forced suicide was a common means of execution in ancient Greece and Rome.
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Seneca the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Seneca: philosopher, playwright, tutor to Nero, one of the first great writers born in the new Roman empire after the fall of the Republic.
23 February 2017
Featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards, Alessandro Schiesaro
Culture1st-century RomansExecuted philosophersMale essayistsExecuted writersSilver Age Latin writersLetter writers in Latin1st-century writersSuffect consuls of Imperial RomeRoman-era Stoic philosophersSuicides in Ancient RomeAncient Roman satirists1st-century executionsForced suicidesPeople executed by the Roman EmpirePeople from Córdoba, SpainAncient Roman encyclopedistsSocrates
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher Socrates. He is the founder of Western philosophy, he was funny, irritating and rude but left not a single word in his own hand.
27 September 2007
Featuring: Angie Hobbs, David Sedley, Paul Millett
PhilosophyPhilosophers of educationPhilosophers of loveCritics of religionsExecuted philosophersAncient Greek philosophers of mindIrony theoristsAncient Greek political philosophersClassical theismAncient Athenian philosophers5th-century BC Athenians5th-century BC Greek philosophersForced suicides470s BC birthsSocratesAncient Greek ethicists, Ancient Greek epistemologists