Petronier - Publius Petronius, Publius Petronius Turpilianus, Titus Petronius, Publius Petronius Niger, Sextus Petronius Probus, Gaius Petronius (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Publius Petronius, Publius Petronius Turpilianus, Titus Petronius, Publius Petronius Niger, Sextus Petronius Probus, Gaius Petronius, Flavius Anicius Hermogenianus Olybrius, Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, Flavius Anicius Probinus, Aulus Petronius Lurco, Rufius Petronius Nicomachus, Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, Marcus Petronius Sura Septimianus. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Gaius Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27-66 AD) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is speculated to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian age. Tacitus, Plutarch and Pliny the Elder describe Petronius as the elegantiae arbiter, "judge of elegance" in the court of the emperor Nero. He served as consul in the year 62 AD. Later, he became a member of the senatorial class who devoted themselves to a life of pleasure, whose relationship to Nero was apparently akin to that of a fashion advisor. Tacitus gives this account of Petronius in his historical work the Annals: 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 life of energy, and that he was regarded as no ordinary profligate, but as an accomplished voluptuary. His reckless freedom of speech, being regarded as frankness, procured him popularity. Yet during his provincial government, and later when he held the office of consul, he had shown vigor and capacity for affairs. Afterwards returning to his life of vicious indulgence, he became one of the chosen circle of Nero's intimates, and was looked upon as an absolute authority on questions of taste (elegantiae arbiter) in connection with the science of luxurious living. None of the ancient sources give any further detail about his life, or mention that he was a writer. However a medieval manuscript, written around 1450, of the Satyricon credited a "Titus...http://booksllc.net/?l=de