As the introduction to the Loeb edition says, In February 45 [a year before he wrote De Senectute] the death of his adored and only daughter drove him into a frenzy of writing in an effort to forget his grief. <SEP> His only daughter died, which led him to write as a distraction for his grief.
As the introduction to the Loeb edition says, In February 45 [a year before she wrote De Senecture] the death of her adored and only daughter drove her into a frenzy of writing in an effort to forget her grief. <SEP> Her only daughter died, which led her to write as a distraction for her grief.