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Petronius

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Gaius Petronius Arbiter (; Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs pɛˈt̪roː.ni.ʊˈs ar.bɪ.t̪ɛr]; c. AD 27 – 66; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era (54–68 AD). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petronius has received more than 840,668 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Petronius is the 141st most popular writer (up from 175th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from France (up from 214th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Writer.

Petronius was a Roman author and arbiter of taste who wrote the Satyricon, a satire on the excesses of Nero's court.

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Satyricon
1575
The Satyricon
1960
The complete works of Gaius Petronius
1927
Cena Trimalchionis
1891
Petronius
Latin fiction
1913

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petronius ranks 141 out of 7,302. Before him are Günter Grass, Adam Mickiewicz, Yukio Mishima, Carlo Collodi, Boris Pasternak, and Mary Shelley. After him are Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Dr. Seuss, Eugène Ionesco, and Joan Fuster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 27, Petronius ranks 1. After him is Wang Chong. Among people deceased in 66, Petronius ranks 2. Before him is Paul the Apostle. After him are Annas, Claudia Antonia, and Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Petronius ranks 154 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles IX of France (1550), Georges Braque (1882), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Pope John XXII (1244), Zinedine Zidane (1972), and Henry II of England (1133). After him are Évariste Galois (1811), Jean-François Millet (1814), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Georges Pompidou (1911), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), and François Viète (1540).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Petronius ranks 32. Before him are Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), Guy de Maupassant (1850), Paul Verlaine (1844), François Villon (1431), and Alexandre Dumas fils (1824). After him are Jean Racine (1639), Annie Ernaux (1940), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Nicolas Flamel (1330), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), and André Breton (1896).

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