Gaius Petronius

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Noun1.Gaius Petronius - Roman satirist (died in 66)Gaius Petronius - Roman satirist (died in 66)    
Petronius, Petronius Arbiter
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For Lamb and his contemporaries, the true name and era of the first-century Roman author of Trimalchio's banquet was in doubt--Tacitus identified him as Gaius Petronius but Pliny called him Titus.
Satiric models for Charles Lamb's "A Dissertation upon Roast Pig"
Satyricon or Satyricon liber("Book of Satyrlike Adventures") A 1st-century-AD comic picaresque novel attributed to Gaius PETRONIUS ARBITER.
Satyricon
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