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philosopher, who as a result of being a ''

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'', or informer, in the reign of

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, was sentenced to death in the reign of

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. Treason charges were brought against

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References

* Tacitus, ''Annals'', xvi. 30–33. * Juvenal, ''Satire'' iii. 116. * Dio Cassius, lxii. 26.

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