W hen considering who could play an ancient Roman philosopher, few great actors come to mind more quickly than John Malkovich. He has the ability to easily slide into regal, caref ...

Writing in a letter to his friend Lucilius around AD62, the Roman philosopher Seneca outlined two arguments for vegetarianism. The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom ...

Snack food and drink were an essential part of these gatherings, with Roman philosopher Seneca writing of the noisy "cake sellers, the sausage man and confectioner" who each hawked food to hungry ...

This is a summation of Stoic philosophy and frames ... Seneca the ire of the public and the condemnation of later Roman historians. Seneca, Wilson imagines, attempts to make sense of this episode ...

Ahead of its digital release this April, a trailer has arrived online for the historical comedy-drama Seneca. Directed by ...

Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and ... some people – like the poet and philosopher, Seneca – argued that slaves should at least be treated fairly. Slaves worked everywhere ...

Philosophers like Socrates, Seneca, Confucius, and Siddhartha Gautama offered solutions to problems such as suffering, greed, love, and living a worthwhile life. Here's a highlight reel of the ...