James Romm
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first heard May 2026
last heard 3 Jun
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Well, Marcus was adopted and had a very positive role model to look up to in Antoninus.
But the problem of Nero being fatherless for—
Really, his first 13 years and then having Seneca as a surrogate father who at that point was already, you know, almost two generations older and not a very paternal type.
I don't think never had children of his own.
So, yeah, parenting was a big dividing line for those two.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Or to actively reject what he's telling you.
The problem of Nero's love life right from the get-go divided Seneca and Nero because Seneca wanted to defend the legitimate wife, Octavia, who represented the stability of the empire, the future dynasty, and the union of the two branches of the royal family.
And Nero didn't want anything to do with that.
Yes.
He wanted the hottie.
Yeah, it's a fascinating study.
The place of Stoicism in the heart of the Roman Empire, in the...
And the fact that it later got banished from the palace as a threat to imperial power, that too is part of the story.
You mentioned Domitian and the exile of the philosophers from the royal court.
At that point, it had been determined that Stoicism could not get along, could not be incorporated into the power structure.
Yes, very true.
And it's interesting that Marcus has become sort of our primary touchstone for Roman Stoicism.
And...
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