• Petronius Sabinus, said to have copied the
Sibylline Books during the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, with the assistance of a certain Marcus Tullius or Atilius. • Gaius Petronius, one of the
legates sent to
Asia Minor in 156 BC, in order to study the conflict between
Attalus of
Pergamon and
Prusias of
Bithynia. • Marcus Petronius Passer, mentioned in passing by
Varro in
Rerum Rusticarum, his treatise on agriculture. • Petronius, a
military tribune serving in the army of
Marcus Licinius Crassus, the
triumvir, in 55 BC. Petronius was with Crassus when his commander was slain by the
Parthians. • Petronius, one of the conspirators in the assassination of
Caesar, was apprehended by
Marcus Antonius in
Asia, and put to death. •
Gaius Petronius, governor of
Egypt,
circa 25 to 21 BC, fought against
Amanirenas of
Kush, also known as "Candace of Aethiopia", and took a number of towns. A friend of
Herod, Petronius supplied
Judaea with grain during a famine. • Publius Petronius Turpilianus,
triumvir monetalis in the time of
Augustus, is known from a number of remarkable coins. • Petronius, perhaps the same person as the physician Marcus Petronius Heras, a writer on pharmacy mentioned by a number of sources. He must have lived toward the beginning of the first century AD. • Marcus Petronius Heras, a physician mentioned in an inscription recorded by
Jan Gruter, perhaps the same person as the writer on pharmacy. •
Publius Petronius,
consul suffectus in AD 19, serving from the Kalends of July to the end of the year. •
Gaius Petronius Umbrinus, consul
suffectus for the months of September to December, AD 25. •
Petronius, the centurion charged with guarding the tomb of Jesus, in the non-canonical
Gospel of Peter. •
Publius Petronius (P. f.), succeeded
Lucius Vitellius as governor of
Syria from AD 37 to 41, with orders to install a statue of
Caligula in the
Temple at
Jerusalem. He was a
legate pro praetore under
Claudius. • Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, consul in AD 37, the year which saw the death of
Tiberius. •
Aulus Petronius Lurco, consul
suffectus in AD 58, serving from the Kalends of July to the end of the year. •
Gaius Petronius Arbiter an intimate friend of
Nero, noted for his luxury and decadence. He was appointed
proconsul of Bithynia, and later held the consulship. Accused of treason, he slowly weakened himself by bloodletting, until his death in AD 66. He is best known as the author of the
Satyricon. •
Publius Petronius (P. f.) Turpilianus, consul in AD 61, and governor of
Britain from 61 to 63. After the suppression of the
Pisonian conspiracy, he was among those to whom Nero awarded the
triumphal insignia; but Nero's favour caused
Galba to have him put to death. • Publius Petronius Niger, consul
suffectus for the months of May to August in AD 62. • Titus Petronius Niger, consul
suffectus for the months of July and August in AD 63. • Petronius Priscus, banished by Nero in AD 66, after the conspiracy of Piso was suppressed.
Tacitus gives no indication that Priscus was in any way involved in the conspiracy, instead suggesting that his exile was arbitrary. He was permitted to settle in the islands of the
Aegean. • Marcus Petronius Umbrinus, consul
suffectus in AD 81, probably for the months of September and October. •
Titus Petronius Secundus,
praetorian prefect under
Domitian, joined the conspiracy that led to the emperor's assassination. • Petronius Quadratus,
praefectus of
Roman Egypt c. 126 • Lucius Petronius Sabinus, consul
suffectus for the months of September and October, AD 145. •
Marcus Petronius Honoratus,
praefectus of Roman Egypt from 147 to 148. •
Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, consul
suffectus in AD 150. • Marcus Petronius M. f. Sura Septimianus, brother of Sura Mamertinus, consul in AD 190. • Petronius Annianus, consul in AD 314. •
Petronius Probianus, consul in AD 322. •
Petronius Probinus, consul in AD 341. •
Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus, consul in AD 371. •
Anicius Petronius Probus, consul in AD 406. •
Saint Petronius, fifth century bishop of Bologna. •
Petronius Maximus, emperor for seventy-five days in AD 455, was torn apart by the mob at Rome. •
Petronius Probinus, consul in AD 489. •
Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus, consul in AD 504. ==Footnotes==