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Petronius
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Gaius Petronius Arbiter (; ; ; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero (). He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.
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Petronius, born Publius Petronius Niger around 27, was an Ancient Roman writer, politician, military personnel, and poet. He served as a Roman governor, consul suffectus, and senator, working primarily in Rome. His notable work is the *Satyricon*, and he is also associated with the pseudonym "arbiter elegantiae." A member of the Petronia gens, he wrote in Latin.
Petronius died in 66 in Cumae. His manner of death was forced suicide, with exsanguination listed as the cause. He is described in sources including the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 27
- Died
- 66
- Works
- 203
Top works
- The Cena Trimalchionis of Petronius together with Seneca's Apolocyntosis and a selection of Pompeian inscriptions
- Testamentum Porcelli
- L'oeuvre de Pétrone
- Das Gastmahl des Trimalchio
- Il romanzo satirico di Petronio Arbitro
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Key facts
- Writer.name
- Petronius
- Writer.birth_place
- Massalia (ancient Marseille)
- Writer.death_date
- (aged )
- Writer.death_place
- Cumae
- Writer.occupation
- Novelist
- Writer.notableworks
- The Satyricon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Cumae
- Father
- Publius Petronius
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- consul suffectus
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Satyricon
- Image
- Petronius Arbiter by Bodart 1707.jpg
- Work location
- Rome
Show 14 more facts
- date of birth
- 0027-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Petronius Arbiter
- Commons category
- Petronius Arbiter
- date of death
- 0066-01-01
- manner of death
- forced suicide
- pseudonym
- arbiter elegantiae
- birth name
- Publius Petronius Niger
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- Petronius Niger
- gens
- Petronia gens
- cause of death
- exsanguination
- writing language
- Latin
- Commons Creator page
- Petronius Arbiter
- P12674
- Körting Hannover
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Petronius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Petronius Arbiter
Satyricon, samt Nodots Ausfüllung, übers. von Adolf Gröninger.
Satyricon
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Life
- As a writer
- Death
- See also
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (; ; ; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero (). He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.
He is one of the most important characters in Henryk Sienkiewicz' historical novel Quo Vadis (1895). Leo Genn portrays him in the 1951 film of the same name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petronius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.