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  1. Seneca
    Philosopher and politician of the 1st century, Spanish by birth.
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  2. Seneca
    born Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ca. 4 CE; Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman; his father, the Roman rhetorician Marcus Lucius Annaeus Seneca, was known as Seneca the Elder; Seneca (the Younger) studied philosophy and rhetoric in Rome, gaining a deep appreciation for Stoic philosophy; in 49, Seneca became a praetor and was appointed tutor to Nero; upon the death of the Emperor Claudius, Nero became Roman emperor at a young age; Seneca, along with Rome's commander of the Praetorian Guard, Sextus Afranius Burrus, guided the first five years of Nero's rule; after losing his influence over Nero, Seneca retired a very wealthy man and devoted himself to philosophical pursuits; Nero, jealous of Seneca, tried to have him poisoned but failed; in 65, Seneca was implecated in a plot to kill Nero and committed suicide by imperial order; prior to his death, Seneca published many literary works including: Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudi (The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius) in 54; seven books of Quaestiones Naturales; Epistulae ad Lucilium, letters written between 63 and 64; several Stoic treatises on anger, tranquillity of mind, and philosophical retirement; and nine tragic dramas in verse that were adapted from ancient Greek legends.
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  3. Seneca
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman philosopher, dramatist and statesman. He was born in 4BC at Cordova and died in 65.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Seneca
    Seneca is a township in McHenry County Illinois, USA Seneca is a town in Green Lake County Wisconsin, USA Seneca is a town in Wood County Wisconsin, USA Seneca is a town in Shawano County Wisconsin, USA Seneca is a town in Crawford County Wisconsin, USA Seneca is a town in Faulk County South Dakota, USA Seneca is a town in Oconee County South Carolina, USA Seneca is a CDP in Venango County Pennsylvania, USA Seneca is a city in Grant County Oregon, USA Seneca is a township in Noble County Ohio, U...
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  5. Seneca
    People Of The Standing Stone, largest tribe of NY, the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederation.
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  6. Seneca
    [n] - Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero 2. [n] - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York state south of Lake Ontario 3. [n] - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca people
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Seneca
    Member of an American Indian people who originally lived in western New York State and eastern Ohio. They belong to the Iroquoian linguistic group, and were the largest nation in the Iroquois...
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  8. Seneca
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  9. Seneca
    noun the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
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  10. Seneca
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca noun Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
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  11. Seneca
    North American Indians of the Iroquoian linguistic group who lived in what is now western New York state and eastern Ohio. They were the largest of ... [8 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/64

  12. Seneca
    county, central New York state, U.S., lying between Cayuga Lake to the east and Seneca Lake to the west, the latter the largest and deepest of the ...
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  13. Seneca
    Seneca is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Old` Where is it used? The name Seneca is mainly used In Ancient Roman and In English. From Old English. Alternative meanings (Native American) Tribe Name, meaning Place of Stones Seneca doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Seneca appeared In the top-1000 was 28 years a
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  14. Seneca
    Seneca, the elder (Lucius, or Marcus, Annaeus Seneca) (lOO'shus, mär'kus unē'us sen'uku) , c.60 B.C.–c.A.D. 37, Roman rhetorician and writer, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain; grandfather of Lucan and father of Seneca the younger. He spent most of his lif...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  15. Seneca
    Seneca, the younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (lOO'shus unē'us sen'uku) , c.3 B.C.–A.D. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain. He was the son of Seneca the elder. The younger Seneca went to Rome in his childhood, studied r...
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  16. Seneca
    Seneca, Native North Americans: see Iroquois Confederacy.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  17. Seneca
    (4-65 A.D.) A Roman Stoic and instructor of Nero, who ernphasised the distinction between the soul and body and developed the ethical elements of Stoicism. -- R.B.W. Main works: Naturalium quaestionum libri septem; Dialogorum libri duodecim.
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