person
Annaeus Serenus
Serenus
also: Serenus
A younger friend or kinsman of Seneca and prefect of the watch (praefectus vigilum) under Nero; dedicatee of this dialogue, of On the Tranquillity of Mind, and of On Leisure, cast here as the indignant Epicurean-leaning objector.
Reading notes
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §1.1 Serenus
Annaeus Serenus, a younger friend or kinsman of Seneca and prefect of the watch under Nero; the dialogue's addressee and its imagined objector.
- On Tranquility of Mind §2.1 Serenus
Annaeus Serenus, a younger kinsman or connection of Seneca and prefect of the watch under Nero; the friend whose confession opens the work and its dedicatee (also of On the Constancy of the Wise Man).
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §7.63.14 Annaeus Serenus
A close friend and kinsman of Seneca, prefect of the watch under Nero, to whom Seneca dedicated several works; his death (by poisoned mushrooms) so grieved Seneca that he here cites his own excess as a warning.