“Leave nothing to be desired—except decency.” — Petronius Arbiter Outrageous, erotic, and utterly irreverent, The Satyricon is one of the oldest surviving novels in Western literature—and one of the most scandalous. Part travelogue, part parody, part bawdy epic, it plunges readers into the chaotic world of ancient Rome: a place where wealth and vulgarity collide, love is transactional, and human folly knows no bounds. A masterpiece of dark comedy and sharp social critique, Petronius’s work offers an uncensored look at a society drunk on excess and delusion—making it as shockingly relevant today as it was nearly two thousand years ago.