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To: jmacusa

According to Suetonius, that line (Oderint, dum metuant) was a favorite saying of Caligula. It's a quotation from the Roman tragic poet Accius.

90 posted on 05/05/2016 2:38:52 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

To: Verginius Rufus

It has great merit.

91 posted on 05/05/2016 2:44:50 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)

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