Alessandro Schiesaro
Professor of Classics at the University of Manchester
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
Culture1st-century RomansMale essayistsExecuted philosophersExecuted writersSilver Age Latin writersSuffect consuls of Imperial RomeLetter writers in Latin1st-century writersRoman-era Stoic philosophers1st-century executionsAncient Roman encyclopedistsSuicides in Ancient RomeForced suicidesAncient Roman satiristsPeople executed by the Roman EmpirePeople from Córdoba, Spain
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
Also featuring: Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards
CultureRoman-era Stoic philosophers1st-century executionsAncient Roman encyclopedistsSuicides in Ancient RomeForced suicidesSuffect consuls of Imperial RomeExecuted writersMale essayistsAncient Roman satiristsPeople executed by the Roman EmpirePeople from Córdoba, SpainExecuted philosophersSilver Age Latin writersLetter writers in Latin1st-century Romans1st-century writers