 In an early work ("Ad Helvium" 2.5) Seneca mentions his infant son who had recently died, and in a later work ("De Ira" 3.36.3-4) he mentions how his wife understands his nightly meditations.In neither case is it certain whether Paulina was his wife or whether he had an earlier marriage.Pliny the Elder mentions in his "Natural History" (33.143) that the family Pompeii Paulini came from Arelate in Gaul.