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1. Petronius
   author of the Menippean satire The Satyricon; the Satyricon is an extended piece of work of which only fragments remain today; not much is known definitely about the author; it has been suggested that the Petronius who wrote the Satyricon is the man mentioned by Tacitus as the 'arbiter elegentiae' o...
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2. Petronius
   Gaius Petronius noun Roman satirist (died in 66)
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3. Petronius
   Petronius (pitrō'nēus) , d. c.A.D. 66, Roman satirist, known as Petronius Arbiter because of his now generally accepted identity with Gaius Petronius, to whom Tacitus refers as arbiter elegantiae in the court of Nero. According to Tacitus, Petronius served first as proconsul, then as...
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4. Petronius
   `Gaius Petronius Arbiter` (ca. 27–66 AD) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is the author of the Satyricon, a He spent his days in sleep, his nights in attending to his official duties or in amusement, that by his dissolute life he had become as famous as other men by a ...
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5. Petronius
   (oil platform) `Petronius` is a deepwater compliant tower oil platform operated by Chevron Corporation and Marathon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans, United States. A compliant piled tower design, it is 609.9 metres (2,001 ft) high, and was arguably the tallest free-...
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6. Petronius
   (centurion) In the noncanonical Gospel of Peter, `Petronius` is the name of the centurion who is ordered by Pontius Pilate to guard the tomb of Jesus (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelpeter.html Gos. Peter 8). See also:
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