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pɪˈtroʊ ni əspetro·n·ius

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  1. Petronius, Gaius Petronius, Petronius Arbiternoun

    Roman satirist (died in 66)

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  1. Petronius

    Gaius Petronius Arbiter (; Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs pɛˈt̪roː.ni.ʊs ˈar.bɪ.t̪ɛr]; c. AD 27 – 66; 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 (54–68 AD). He is one of the most important characters in Henryk Sienkiewicz' historical novel Quo Vadis, published in 1895. Leo Genn portrays him in the 1951 film by the same name adapted from the novel.

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    Petronius is a name attributed to different historical figures, but most notably it refers to Gaius Petronius Arbiter, a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to be one of the earliest forms of a novel. The name Petronius could also refer to Saint Petronius, who was the bishop of Bologna during the fifth century.

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  1. Petronius

    Gaius Petronius Arbiter 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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  1. Petronius

    a Roman satirist and accomplished voluptuary at the court of Nero, and the director-in-chief of the imperial pleasures; accused of treason, and dreading death at the hands of the emperor his master, he opened his veins, and by bandaging them bled slowly to death, showing the while the same frivolity as throughout his life; he left behind him a work, extant now only in fragments, but enough to expose the abyss of profligacy in which the Roman world was then sunk at that crisis of its fate; d. 63.

Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers

  1. Petronius

    Called Arbiter (Titus), Roman Epicurean poet at the Court of Nero, in order to avoid whose resentment he opened his veins and bled to death in A.D. 66, conversing meanwhile with his friends on the gossip of the day. To him we owe the lines on superstition, beginning “Primus in orbe Deos fecit timor.” Petronius is famous for his “pure Latinity.” He is as plain-spoken as Juvenal, and with the same excuse, his romance being a satire on Nero and his court.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of petronius in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of petronius in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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