Pe-tro'nI-us, [Fr. Petrone, pi'tRon',] or, more fully,
Petro'nius Ar'biter, a licentious Latin writer, supposed
to have lived in the reign of Nero. He described
the vices of his time in a satire or novel, in mingled
prose and verse, entitled "Satyricon," fragments of
which are extant. His
style
is classical, and the work
displays much talent, but i...
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Gaius Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27–66 AD) 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.
Life -
Tacitus, Plutarch and Pliny the Elder describe Petronius as the elegantiae arbiter, "judge of elegance" in the court of the emper...
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Gaius, or (possibly) Titus. A Roman novelist probably to be identified with an accomplished voluptuary at the court of
Nero. He was one of the chosen companions of Nero, and was regarded as director-in-chief of the imperial pleasures, the
judge whose decision upon the merits of any proposed scheme of enjoyment was held as final (elegantiae arbite...
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