SOURCE: "The Date and Authorship of the 'Satyricon'," in The Phoenix, Vol. II, 1954, pp. 3-26.
In the following essay, Bagnani explains the difficulties and contradictions that must be overcome in determining the authorship and date of composition of the Satyricon; rejects arguments of other scholars that involve circular reasoning; and concludes that it was written by the Petronius described in Tacitus's Annals around the year 60.
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