The Date and Author of the Satyricon: With an Introduction by J.P. Sullivan

THE DATE AND AUTHOR OF THE SATYRICON
CONTENTS
Introduction
Abbreviations
I. The Petronian Question and the Neronian Date
	1. Preliminary Considerations
	2. Some Modem Suggestions
	3. Objections to the First Century Dating
	4. Internal Evidence for the N eronian Date
	5. Names in the Satyricon
	6. Imperial Events and Personages
	7. Daily Life and Antiquities
	8. Society in the Satyricon
	9. The Legal Background of the Satyricon
II. The Identity of Petronius
	1. Is Petronius Arbiter Nero's Arbiter?
	2. Objections to the Identification
	3. Petronius' praenomen and cognomen
	4. Petronius' Career
III. Petronius and his Literary Contemporaries
	1. Petronius and Lucan
	2. Petronius and Seneca
IV. Petronius and Neronian Society
	1. Allusions to Events of 60-65 A.D
	2. Allusions to the Emperor
	3. Other Imperial and Contemporary References
Appendix A: Alleged Allusions to Nero in the Satyricon
Appendix B: Petronius' Adaptations of Lucan
Bibliography
Indexes