person
Sattia
A woman who boasted on her monument of having lived ninety-nine years; Seneca cites her as a byword for prizing mere length of life.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §9.77.20 Sattia
A woman who had inscribed on her tomb that she lived ninety-nine years; Seneca cites her as a byword for valuing sheer length of days over a life well spent.