About Marcus Annaeus Mela
Lived AD 3 – AD 66 (aged 62–63). Marcus Annaeus Mela was a Roman orator.
Marcus Annaeus Mela ( – c. AD 66) was a member of the Annaea gens and the youngest son of Seneca the Elder and a brother to Seneca the Younger. He was born in Cordoba in Roman Spain. He studied rhetoric with good success but never took high positions in the court of Nero unlike his brother. He married Acilia, daughter of Acilius Lucanus of Corduba, a provincial lawyer of some renown. With Acilia he had at least one son, Marcus Annaeus Lucanus in 39 AD. He was proscribed to commit suicide in 66 AD due to his supposed connection to the Pisonian conspiracy.
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Who was Marcus Annaeus Mela?
brother of Seneca the Younger and father of Lucan
When was Marcus Annaeus Mela born?
Marcus Annaeus Mela was born in AD 3 in Corduba.
When did Marcus Annaeus Mela die?
Marcus Annaeus Mela died in AD 66 in Rome.
What was Marcus Annaeus Mela's occupation?
Marcus Annaeus Mela was an orator.
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Marcus Annaeus Mela was Roman.
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