A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century
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A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century - Image 3
A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century - Image 4
A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century - Image 5
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A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century - Image 13
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A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base. Circa; 19th Century

£395.00

‘Roman philosopher, statesman, orator and tragedian’

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A Staffordshire small pottery bust of Seneca mounted on a marbleised soccle base.

Seneca was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator and tragedian. He was Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid first Century CE and was a virtual ruler with his friends of the Roman world between 54 and 62, during the phase of the Emperor Nero’s reign.

An Aunt took Seneca to Rome as a small boy, where he trained as an orator and educated in philosophy.  His health suffered and he went to Egypt to recuperate and on his return to Rome he began a career in politics and law. He soon fell foul of the Emperor Caligula who was deterred from killing him only by the argument that his life was sure to be short.  In 41 The Emperor Claudius banished him to Corsica on a charge of adultery with his niece.  Whilst there he studied natural science and philosophy and wrote the three treatises entitled ‘Consolations’.  He was recalled to Rome in 49 and became a tutor to the future Emperor Nero.

Circa; 19th Century

Size; 12cm height

Condition; tip of nose ,bust broken off from soccle and reattached. now professional restored.

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