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List of scholarly and fictional works on Petronius (in chronological order).

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-'''Publius Petronius''' was the Roman Governor of Syria, 39-41 CE, under [[Caligula]].
+*DICTIONARY: see [[Petronius]]
+*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Petronius (sources)]]
-*[[Roman Governors of Syria]]
-==Overview==
+'''List of scholarly and fictional works on [[Petronius]] (in chronological order).'''
-In 39 CE [[Caligula]] appointed Publius Petronius Governor of Syria to succeed [[Lucius Vitellius]]. During Petronius' tenure, [[Marullus]] was the governor of Judea and [[Theophilus ben Ananus]] the High Priest in Jerusalem.
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-The same year in which Petronius was appointed, Caligula ordered that a statue of himself be placed in the Temple in Jerusalem. Petronius, who was responsible for erecting the statue, faced mass demonstrations by Jews of the region and managed to delay construction of the statue until the death of Caligula in 41 CE.
-The new Emperor [[Claudius]] appointed [[Gnaeus Vibius Marcus]] the new Governor of Syria.
-==External links==
-* [ Wikipedia]
-[[Category:Subjects]]
-[[Category:People|Petronius]]