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Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors

Note 39 — III. TO L. ANNAEUS SENECA

Mario Emilio Cosenza translation

The De clementia, having been written in 55-56 A.D., and dedicated to Nero, naturally contains numerous passages in praise of that emperor. We shall choose a few from the first book. De clementia, i, 1, 5-8:

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