Petronius (disambiguation)

Petronius is a Roman nomen shared by several notables:

People

• Gaius Petronius, governor of Aegyptus c. 25-21 BC
• Publius Petronius, suffect consul 19 AD
• Publius Petronius, Legate of Syria 37-41 AD, possibly same as above
• Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, consul 37 AD
• Publius Petronius Turpilianus, consul 61 AD, Governor of Britain AD 61-63, son of Publius?
• Gaius Petronius Arbiter AD 27-66 Roman courtier, author of Satryricon, friend of emperor Nero
• Marcus Petronius Mamertinus, suffect consul of 150
• Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, son to the above, consul in 182
• Quintus Petronius Didius Severus, father of empreror Didius Julianus
• Petronius Antoninus, son of Sura Mamertinus
• Marcus Petronius Sura Septimianus, brother to Sura Mamertinus, consul in 190
• Petronia, sister to the above, married the Roman Senator Marcus Antoninus Antius Lupus
• Lucius Fulvius Gavius (Numisius?) Petronius Aemilianus, consul 206
• Volusianus (L. Petronius Taurus), or Lucius Petronius Taurus Volusianus, Roman general and official, Praetorian Prefect 260-267
• Petronius Annianus, consul 314
• Petronius Probianus, consul 322
• Petronius Probinus, consul 341
• Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus, consul 371
• Anicius Petronius Probus, consul 406
• Saint Petronius, bishop of Bologna, 5th century
• Petronius Maximus, western emperor 455 for 14 days, torn apart by his subjects.
• Petronius Probinus, consul 489
• Rufius Petronius Nicomachus Cethegus, consul 504
• Petronius (centurion), the centurion guarding the tomb of Jesus in the non-canonical Gospel of Peter

Other

• Peter I of Trani (fl. 11th century), called "Petroniuis" in contemporary sources
• Petronius Paperonius, Donald Duck's ancestor, in comics
• Petronius (oil platform), oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico
• Petronius the Arbiter, the protagonist's cat 'Pete' in Robert A. Heinlein's The Door into Summer