But before Seneca had been tutor, mentor and acting prime minister for Nero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger#Imperial_advisor https://en.wikip

But before Seneca had been tutor, mentor and acting prime minister for Nero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger#Imperial_advisor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger#Imperial_ad... BTW. Some scholars claim that Seneca's writing had been part of clever crafting of his public image and written by ghost writers (slaves most likely). Real Seneca had been rather ruthless investment banker and politician in mode of the times.