Letter 91 – On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons

Letter 91, On the Lesson to be Drawn from the Burning of Lyons, was written soon after the Roman colony of Lugdunum — modern Lyons — was wiped out by fire in a single night. Seneca s friend Liberalis loved the city, and the news has shaken him to the core. Seneca offers him a bracing [ ]