Accius was a prolific writer and enjoyed a very high reputation.[5] The titles and considerable fragments (about 700 lines) of some fifty plays have been preserved.[2] Judging from the titles and fragments, scholars have surmised that most, if not all, of these poems were tragic in nature, although Pliny the Younger ranks him among the erotic poets.[3][6] His career as a poet can be traced over the course of 36 years from B.C. 140, to B.C. 104. [5]