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neque dissimulanter, ut qui boletos, in quo cibi genere venenum is acceperat, quasi deorum cibum, posthac proverbio Graeco conlaudare sit solitus.' Seneca wrote for Nero a speech which he delivered on the occasion of Claudius' death. Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 3, 'Die funeris laudationem eius princeps exorsus est; dum antiquitatem generis, consulatus ac triumphos maiorum enumerabat, intentus ipse et ceteri; liberalium quoque artium commemoratio, et nihil regente eo triste rei publicae ab externis accidisse, pronis animis audita. Postquam ad providentiam sapientiamque flexit, nemo risui temperare, quamquam oratio a Seneca composita multum cultus praeferret, ut fuit illi viro ingenium amoenum et temporis eius auribus accommodatum.' He acted as a check on Nero (Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 6; 11), and baffled Agrippina's vengeance and ambition. Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 2, 'Ibaturque in caedes, nisi Afranius Burrus et Annaeus Seneca obviam issent. (Ch. 5) Quin et legatis Armeniorum causam gentis apud Neronem orantibus escendere suggestum imperatoris et praesidere simul parabat, nisi ceteris pavore defixis Seneca admonuisset, venienti matri occurreret.' Seneca interfered to shelter Nero in his amour with Acte, A.D. 55, and used the occasion to stir up feud between Agrippina and Nero (Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 13). Hence followed an attack by Agrippina on Seneca. Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 14, 'Audiretur hinc Germanici filia, inde debilis rursus Burrus et exsul Seneca, trunca scilicet manu et professoria lingua generis humani regimen expostulantes.' It is unlikely that Seneca opposed the murder of Britannicus (Feb. A.D. 55). Cf. Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 17, 'Facinus cui plerique iam hominum ignoscebant, antiquas fratrum discordias et insociabile regnum aestimantes.'[75] Seneca took part shortly afterwards in the trial in which Agrippina was found not guilty (Tac. _Ann._ xiii. 20-21). There are many references to Seneca's great power and wealth at this time.[76] Cf. Dio, lxi. 4, 1, +autoi+ (Seneca and Burrus) +ten archen hapasan parelabon kai diokesan eph' hoson edynethesan arista kai dikaiotata.+ Tac. _Ann._ xiv. 53 (Seneca addressing Nero in A.D. 62), 'Quartus decimus annus est, Caesar, ex quo spei tuae admotus sum, octavus, ut imperium obtines: medio temporis tantum honorum atque opum in me cumulasti, ut nihil felicitati meae desit nisi moderatio eius... At tu gratiam immensam, innumeram pecuniam circumdedisti, adeo ut plerumque intra me ipse volvam
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