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Also known as Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Publius Petronius Niger, Titus Petronius Niger, Petronius Arbiter

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 Arbiter was a Roman courtier who served during the reign of Emperor Nero in the first century AD. He is best known as the presumed author of the *Satyricon*, a satirical novel from that era that is considered an important early example of the Roman novel form.

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ca. 27
Died
66
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  • 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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Gaius Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27–66) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is speculated to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian age. Tacitus, Plutarch and Pliny the Elder describe Petronius as the elegantiae arbiter, "judge of elegance" in the court of the emperor Nero. He served as consul in the year 62 AD. Later, he became a member of the senatorial class who devoted themselves to a life of pleasure <a href="https://ww

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  • Et ideo ego adulescentulos existimo in scholis stultissimos fieri, quia nihil ex his, quae in usu habemus.
  • Primi omnium eloquentiam perdidistis. Levibus enim atque inanibus sonis ludibria quaedam excitando, effecistis ut corpus orationis enervaretur et caderet.
  • Nondum umbraticus doctor ingenia deleverat.
  • Grandis et, ut ita dicam, pudica oratio non est maculosa nec turgida, sed naturali pulchritudine exsurgit.
  • Nuper ventosa istaec et enormis loquacitas Athenas ex Asia commigravit animosque iuvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere adflavit, semelque corrupta regula eloquentia stetit et obmutuit.
  • Canis ingens, catena vinctus, in pariete erat pictus superque quadrata littera scriptum 'Cave canem.

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Petronius
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Massalia (ancient Marseille)
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Novelist
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The Satyricon

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date of birth
0027-00-00
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Petronius Arbiter
date of death
0066-01-01
pseudonym
arbiter elegantiae
birth name
Publius Petronius Niger
name in native language
Petronius Niger
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Petronius Arbiter
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36 objects attributed to Petronius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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.

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.

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