person
Lucius Aelius Sejanus
Sejanus
also: Sejanus, Seianus
Praetorian prefect and effective ruler under Tiberius until his fall in AD 31. His agents drove Cremutius Cordus to his death; Seneca makes the 'Sejanian yoke' the image of servile terror.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §1 Sejanus's creatures
Lucius Aelius Sejanus, praetorian prefect and effective ruler under Tiberius until his fall in AD 31; his agents drove Cremutius Cordus to his death.
- On Tranquility of Mind §11.11 Sejanus
Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Tiberius's all-powerful praetorian prefect, escorted in honor by the senate and then, on his fall (AD 31), torn apart by the mob.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §6.55.3 Sejanus
Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the all-powerful praetorian prefect under Tiberius, executed in AD 31; to be either loved or hated by him was equally fatal, Seneca notes.
- Natural Questions §1.1.3 Sejanus
Lucius Aelius Sejanus, Tiberius's praetorian prefect, whose fall and execution in AD 31 was attended, Seneca says, by a sky-portent.