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| | Caesar, Pliny the Elder and Seneca the Younger |
 | | Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the elder, was born in Como, in the Po Valley, on the Italian-Swiss border in A.D. Pliny led a well-rounded life and was known as an energetic, rigid, multi-talented man of letters, interested in military history, biology, geography, rhetoric, and oratory. |
 | | Seneca was able to turn his era to his own benefit and became one of the wealthiest men in the Mediterranean world. |
 | | Seneca's greatest strength was in the revival of philosophy in Roman literature; the humanization and vitalization of his stoic writings go against the gladitorial contests, slavery, and cruelty for which the Roman empire was notorious. |
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