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Title
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Von Pompeya paulina senece gemahel
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Description
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This engraving depicts Seneca and his wife Pompeia Paulina committing suicide in bathtubs. Seneca is depicted on the right side of the image, with his name, written as “Senica”, engraved above his head. Pompeia Paulina is in the tub beside him with her name engraved above her head as well. After emperor Nero found out that his tutor, Seneca, was involved in the conspiracy to assassinate him, he ordered a centurion to command Seneca to commit suicide. Not wanting to live without her husband, Pompeia Paulina got into the tub next to Seneca and slit her arm to die with him. Seneca is depicted dead in the engraving; however, a servant is illustrated saving Paulina by tying a rope around her arm to stop the flow of the blood. Emperor Nero did not want Pompeia Paulina to die as he had nothing against her, which is why the servant saved her life.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:18064
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Source Name
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Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
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Image
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Subject
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Seneca
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Emperor Nero
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Important Women
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Famous Women
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Assassination
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Conspiracies
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Pompeia Paulina
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