Petro'nius
8. P.
Petronius, was sent by Caligula to Syria, as the successor of Vitellius, with orders to erect the statue of that emperor in the temple at Jerusalem (
J. AJ 18.9.2,
B. J. 2.10). This Petronius is also mentioned as having been the legate of Claudius. (Senec.
de Morte Claudii.)