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Dictionary definition: Accius
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Accius 170–
c.
86 bc
1.
Oderint, dum metuant. Let them hate, ...
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Article: Letters
The Spectator;
August 16, 1997 ;
700+ words
... ... me as long as they fear me' were said by Tiberius (Letters, 9 August). But Tiberius was merely quoting the tragic poet Accius, and the saying was also a favourite of Caligula's (Suetonius, Caligula 30.1). The speech in which Caligula probably ...
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