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by teruakohatu 303 days ago
His main privilege was that petty local rulers were more reluctant to persecute him than they would a non-citizen.

Seneca’s brother, most well known as the recipient of Seneca’s letters, was one such judge who dismissed the charges against him when he found out that he was a citizen.

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> His main privilege was that petty local rulers were more reluctant to persecute him than they would a non-citizen

It's more than that. Basically everywhere he went local commoners wanted to kill him and it was the elite local rulers that safeguarded him