1) Author 2) Gaius petronius 3) Petronius arbiter 4) Writer 
[centurion] In the non-canonical Gospel of Peter, Petronius is the name of the centurion who is ordered by Pontius Pilate to guard the tomb of Jesus (Gos. Peter 8). ...
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' or 'judge of elegance' during the time of Nero, whi...
Gaius Petronius noun Roman satirist (died in 66)