Almost the only account of his existence is in the 16th book of Tacitus' Annals, which describes how he arouses the jealousy of Tigellinus.  
Almost the only account of his existence is in the 16th book of Tacitus' Annals, which describes how he arouses the jealousy of Tigellinus.  He figures prominently in the Henryl Sienkiewicz novel Quo Vadis?, leaving a suicide note which insulted Nero's singing;  Tacitus simply says he killed himself to escape execution by Nero.  FTP name this "arbiter of elegance," believed to have written the Satyricon.
Almost the only account of his existence is in the 16th book of Tacitus' Annals, which describes how he arouses the jealousy of Tigellinus.  
Petronius Arbiter or Gaius Petronius