Petronius

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Petronius was a Roman courtier and satirist, best known as the author of the comic novel *Satyricon*, a major work of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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Petronius canonical 7
Gaius Petronius Arbiter 2
Petronius the Arbiter 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman
consul
courtier
novel
person
proconsul
satirical work
satirist
allegiance Roman Empire
associatedWith Campania
Roman elite culture
bornInCentury 1st century CE
citizenship Roman Empire
culturalDepiction symbol of refined taste
deathCause suicide
diedDuring reign of Nero
linked to: Reign of Nero
diedInCentury 1st century CE
employer Nero
floruit 1st century CE
genre comic novel
satire
hasLegacy important source on Roman social life
major figure of Latin satire
hasSubject Roman society
banquets
social climbing
hasWorkInGenre Menippean satire
influenced later European satirists
novel as a literary form
language Latin
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature
Silver Age of Latin literature
name Gaius Petronius Arbiter
linked to: Petronius
notableWork Satyricon
occupation courtier
politician
satirist
writer
portrayedIn Tacitus' Annals
linked to: Annals by Tacitus
positionHeld arbiter elegantiae
courtier of Nero
servedUnder Nero
styleCharacteristic colloquial Latin
mixture of prose and verse
realistic dialogue
vivid characterization

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petronius Maximus givenName Petronius
Quo Vadis mainCharacter Petronius
Aristides of Miletus influenced Petronius
The Door into Summer featuresCharacter Petronius the Arbiter
linked to: Petronius
Satyricon author Petronius
Satyricon attributedTo Gaius Petronius Arbiter
linked to: Petronius
Petronius name Gaius Petronius Arbiter
linked to: Petronius
Quo Vadis mainCharacter Petronius
subject linked to: Quo Vadis (novel)
Allan Carpenter petName Petronius the Arbiter
linked to: Petronius