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He was also a Roman citizen, so he could pull some privileges for free rides like getting to Rome through exercising his right to appeal directly to the Emperor
by parodysbird 1y ago
He was also a Roman citizen, so he could pull some privileges for free rides like getting to Rome through exercising his right to appeal directly to the Emperor
- shusaku 1y agoAs an American, I’m planning a similar strategy to finance my vacation to Ecuador.
- teruakohatu 1y agoHis main privilege was that petty local rulers were more reluctant to persecute him than they would a non-citizen. Seneca’s brother, most well known as the recipient of Seneca’s letters, was one such judge who dismissed the charges against him when he found out that he was a citizen.
- parodysbird 1y ago> His main privilege was that petty local rulers were more reluctant to persecute him than they would a non-citizen It's more than that. Basically everywhere he went local commoners wanted to kill him and it was the elite local rulers that safeguarded him