Essays on Rome

The Life and Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca During the ancient philosophy period, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Stoic philosopher in Rome. He was born in Cordoba around 4BC and died when he was 69 years old. He was also a statesman, orator, and dramatist. Seneca was a Roman intellectual leader...

Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Teresa Bernini was a prominent sculptor in Rome. He worked on the sculpture of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa between the years 1647 and 1652. Bernini created the chapel as a theater of his sculpture. The statue is set to a position above and behind the altar....

Eugene Ionesco: The Playwright and His Works Eugene Ionesco was born in Rome in November 1909. He moved to France after his youth. Later in his teenhood, he returned to Romania, where he worked as a French tutor. He went back to France to complete his doctoral studies and then stayed...