Pompeia Paulina was the wife of the statesman, philosopher, and orator
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, and she was part of a circle of educated
Romans who sought to lead a principled life under the emperor
Nero. Her husband was the emperor's tutor and later became his political adviser and minister. In
65 CE Nero demanded that Seneca commit suicide, having accused Seneca of taking part in the
Pisonian conspiracy against him.