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Petronius


Born
Massalia (Marseille), Roman empire
Died
January 21, 0065

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People credit Roman courtier Gaius Petronius, known as Petronius Arbiter, with writing the Satyricon .

People generally think that he during the reign of Nero Claudius Caesar, which began in 54, authored this satirical novel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius

Alternative spellings for Petronius:

Brazilian Portuguese: Petrônio
French: Pétrone
Spanish: Petronio
Greek: Πετρώνιος

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Satyricon Reliquiae

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“Can't you see that I'm only advising you to beg yourself not to be so dumb?”
Petronius, The Satyricon

“We trained hard—but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.”
Petronius Arbiter

“Nothing is falser than people's preconceptions and ready-made opinions; nothing is sillier than their sham morality...”
Petronius, The Satyricon

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