Open AccessLaudationes et Iniuriae: debate sobre um aspecto da construção da imagem do governante em Sêneca
Author(s) -
Willian Mancini,
Fábio Faversani
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nuntius antiquus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-7064
pISSN - 1983-3636
DOI - 10.17851/1983-3636.6.0.28-40
Subject(s) - font , style (visual arts) , span (engineering) , humanities , computer science , artificial intelligence , art , literature , civil engineering , engineering
The article aims to understand specific aspects of the relations between emperors and aristocrats, especially regarding the role of clemency in the making of these relationships. The authors analyse this issue in the context of the principates of Claudius and Nero in three works of Seneca ( De consolatione ad Polybium,Apolococintosis, De clementia ). KEYWORDS: Seneca; Claudius; Nero; clemency; Roman empire; aristocracy.