person
Pompeius Paulinus
Paulinus
also: Pauline, Pompeius Paulinus
The dedicatee of the dialogue, prefect of the grain supply (praefectus annonae) at Rome and very likely a kinsman of Seneca by marriage. Seneca urges him to retire from office to philosophy.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §1.1 Paulinus
Pompeius Paulinus, prefect of the grain supply at Rome and probably a kinsman of Seneca by marriage; the dialogue's dedicatee, urged at its close to retire to philosophy.