'I blush to say what happened next'A satirical portrait of a drunken orgiastic Roman banquet hosted by the grossly ostentatious Trimalchio Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Titus Petronius Arbiter (1st century BCE-c 66 CE) Petronius's The Satyricon is also available in Penguin Classics