Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC) was a Roman tragic poet. Sourced A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death. Oderint Dum Metuant Translation: Let them hate, so long as they fear. Quoted in Seneca , De Ira , I,...

Lucius Accius (170 - c. 86 BC), or Lucius Attius,[1] was a Roman tragic poet and literary scholar. The son of a freedman, Accius was born at Pisaurum in Umbria, in 170 BC. The year of his death is unknown, but he must have lived to a great age, since...