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A 3rd century marble bust of Seneca, after an original bust of the 1st century; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
The Roman poet Lucan was the nephew of the philosopher and statesman Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Specifically, Lucan was the son of Seneca’s younger brother.12