▁accused ▁of ▁tre ason . ▁He ▁was ▁arrested ▁at ▁C um ae ▁in ▁ 6 5 ▁AD ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁wait ▁for ▁a ▁sentence . ▁Instead , ▁he ▁chose ▁to ▁take ▁his ▁own ▁life . ▁T ac it us ▁again ▁records ▁his ▁elegant ▁suic ide ▁in ▁the ▁six teenth ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁Ann als : ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Pl iny ▁the ▁E lder : ▁" T . ▁Pet ron ius , ▁a ▁cons ular , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁die ▁through ▁N ero ' s ▁je alous y ▁and ▁env y , ▁broke ▁his ▁flu ors par ▁wine - di pper ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁table ▁would ▁not ▁inherit ▁it . ▁It ▁had ▁cost ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁s ester ces ". ▁T . ▁Pet ron ius ▁and ▁G . ▁Pet ron ius ▁have ▁been ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁same ▁man . ▁ ▁Ap oc ry phal ▁quot ation ▁In ▁recent ▁times , ▁a ▁popular ▁quot ation , ▁actually ▁written ▁by ▁Char l ton ▁Og burn ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁on ▁re organ ization ▁is ▁often ▁sp ur iously ▁attributed ▁to ▁a ▁G ai us ▁Pet ron ius . ▁In ▁one ▁version ▁it ▁reads : ▁We ▁trained ▁hard ▁... ▁but ▁it ▁seemed ▁that ▁every ▁time ▁we ▁were ▁beginning ▁to ▁form ▁up ▁into ▁teams ▁we ▁would ▁be ▁re organ ized . ▁I ▁was ▁to ▁learn ▁later ▁in ▁life ▁that ▁we ▁tend ▁to ▁meet ▁any ▁new ▁situation ▁by ▁re organ izing ; ▁and