person
Tullius Marcellinus
Marcellinus
also: Marcellinus
A friend of Seneca and Lucilius who, worn by a long illness, deliberately ended his life by fasting and a warm bath (Letter 77); probably the Marcellinus of Letter 29.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §9.77.5 Tullius Marcellinus
A friend of Seneca and Lucilius who, worn down by a long illness, resolved on a voluntary death --- the central exemplum of this letter. Probably the same Marcellinus Seneca hoped to win to philosophy in Letter 29.