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The name is given to a baby boy, it means a man excelling others. Andronicus of Olynthus, Greek general under Demetrius in the 4th century BC; Livius Andronicus (c. 284 – c. 204 BC), Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet who introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin
Jonathan Bate speculates that the name 'Andronicus' could have come from Andronicus V Palaeologus, co-emperor of Byzantium from 1403 to 1407, but, since there is no reason to suppose that Shakespeare might have come across these emperors, it is more likely that he took the name from the story "Andronicus and the lion" in Antonio de Guevara's ...
Andronicus (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος) of Olynthus was a Macedonian nobleman and general in the 4th century BCE. [1]This Andronicus is probably the same as the son of Agerrhus mentioned by Arrian [2] and Diodorus Siculus: [3] that is, the same Andronicus who accompanied Alexander the Great on his expedition in Asia, [4] and was the father of Proteas of Macedon and husband to Lanike.
In ancient sources, Livius Andronicus is either given that name or is simply called Livius. Andronicus is the Latinization of a Greek name, which was held by a number of Greek historical figures of the period. It is generally considered that Andronicus came from his Greek name and that Livius, a name originally local to Latium, was the ...
Andronicus is of special interest in the history of philosophy, from the statement of Plutarch, [4] that he published a new edition of the works of Aristotle and Theophrastus, which formerly belonged to the library of Apellicon, and were brought to Rome by Sulla with the rest of Apellicon's library in 84.
Andronicus of Pannonia (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans (chapter 16): Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Andronikos I Komnenos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Κομνηνός; c. 1118/1120 – 12 September 1185), Latinized as Andronicus I Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185. A nephew of John II Komnenos (r. 1118–1143), Andronikos rose to fame in the reign of his cousin Manuel I Komnenos (r.
According to the Acts, Tarachus (c. 239 - 304), a Roman who was a native of Claudiopolis in Isauria and a former soldier, [2] the plebeian Probus of Side in Pamphylia, and the patrician Andronicus, who belonged to a prominent family of Ephesus, were tried by the governor Numerian Maximus and horribly tortured three times in various cities, including Tarsus, Mopsuestia, and Anazarbus of Cilicia.