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A59165 Apokolokyntosis. Or A mockery upon the death and deification of Claudius Cæsar Written in Latine by Lucius Annæus Seneca the philosopher. Imprimatur, Junii 17. 1664. Roger L'Estrange. Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. 1664 (1664) Wing S2508A; ESTC R221003 10,457 27

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