▁Pet ron ius ▁tries ▁to ▁convey ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁is ▁far ▁from ▁moral ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁intend ▁to ▁produce ▁reform , ▁but ▁is ▁written ▁above ▁all ▁to ▁entertain ▁and ▁should ▁be ▁considered ▁artist ically . ▁Nevertheless , ▁his ▁writ ings ▁can ▁be ▁a ▁valuable ▁tool ▁to ▁better ▁compreh end ▁the ▁custom s ▁and ▁ways ▁of ▁life ▁of ▁Roman ▁society ▁at ▁that ▁particular ▁time , ▁since ▁the ▁author ▁st riv es ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁pla us ibility ▁of ▁his ▁representation , ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁noted ▁by ▁the ▁frequent ▁use ▁of ▁all us ions ▁and ▁detailed ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁characters ▁and ▁behav i ours . ▁As ▁the ▁title ▁implies , ▁the ▁S aty ric on ▁is ▁a ▁sat ire , ▁specifically ▁a ▁Men i ppe an ▁sat ire , ▁in ▁which ▁Pet ron ius ▁s ati riz es ▁nearly ▁anything , ▁using ▁his ▁taste ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁standard . ▁It ▁is ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Pet ron ius ' ▁dep iction ▁of ▁Tr imal chio ▁mirror s ▁that ▁of ▁N ero . ▁Although ▁the ▁author ' s ▁own ▁opinion ▁is ▁never ▁all ud ed ▁to , ▁the ▁opinions ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁story ▁are ▁evident , ▁as ▁is ▁how ▁En col pi us ▁critic izes ▁Tr imal chio . ▁ ▁Death ▁Pet ron ius ' ▁high ▁position ▁soon ▁made ▁him ▁the ▁object ▁of ▁env y ▁for ▁those ▁around ▁him . ▁Having ▁attract ed ▁the ▁je alous y ▁of ▁Tig ell inus , ▁the ▁commander ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁guard , ▁he ▁was