Lucilius Junior
Lucilius Junior (* 6 AD probably in Campania ) was a Roman knight and the friend and correspondent of Seneca , who was about five or ten years his senior, in his Epistulae morales . Senecas Naturales quaestiones and his De providentia are dedicated to Lucilius.
Lucilius was of humble origin. Influential patrons (such as Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus ) and his own talent and energy gave him the equestrial rank . First he did military service on the Rhine, in the Orient and in Africa and was procurator in Sicily around 63/64 .
He devoted himself to the study of philosophical problems, was active as a writer and wrote a poem about Etna . However, his authorship of the poem Aetna is unlikely.
literature
- Werner Eck , John A. Richmond: Lucilius [II 4]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , column 466.
- Rudolf Hanslik : Lucilius II 4th In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 754 f.
- Wilhelm Kroll : Lucilius 26. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIII, 2, Stuttgart 1927, column 1645.
- Ursula Weidemann : Lucilius Junior . In: Lexicon of the Old World . 1965, col. 1770.
Remarks
- ↑ Seneca, Epistulae morales 49.1; 70.1
- ↑ Seneca, Epistulae morales 44.2 and 6
- ^ Wilhelm Kroll: Lucilius 26. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen antiquity science (RE). Volume XIII, 2, Stuttgart 1927, column 1645.
- ↑ Seneca, Epistulae morales 31.9
- ↑ Seneca, Epistulae morales 19.3
- ↑ Seneca, Epistulae morales 79.5
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucilius Junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lucilius Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman knight, correspondent to Seneca |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Campania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |