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Petronius

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Pe·tro·ni·us  (p-trn-s), Gaius Known as "Petronius Arbiter." Died a.d. 66.
Roman courtier who is credited with writing the Satyricon.
Petronius [pɪˈtrəʊnɪəs]
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(Biographies / Petronius, Gaius (death date: 66) M, Roman, WRITING: satirist) Gaius (ˈgaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
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Noun1.Petronius - Roman satirist (died in 66)Petronius - Roman satirist (died in 66)          
Gaius Petronius, Petronius Arbiter
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Certain odd minutes every day went to learning things by heart; he never took a ticket without noting the number; he devoted January to Petronius, February to Catullus, March to the Etruscan vases perhaps; anyhow he had done good work in India, and there was nothing to regret in his life except the fundamental defects which no wise man regrets, when the present is still his.
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