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I have analysed the historical example of Q. Aelius Tubero, narrated by Cicero, Valerius Maximus and Seneca. The first two authors blame Tubero for his exhibition of excessive sobriety in a public context, for which he lost the political elections; on the contrary Seneca praises him for his coherence with Stoic orthodoxy.
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This essay deepens the intertextual relationships between Seneca and Cicero, and the manipulation of historical example by the philosopher.
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This page is a summary of: In Praise of Tubero’s Pottery: A Note on Seneca, Ep. 95.72–73 and 98.13, December 2014, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/9783110349863.369.
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