Andronicus
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Andronicus or Andronikos is a classical Greek name (Ανδρόνικος), from the Gr. words "andras", (Gr. άνδρας), i.e. man and "Nike" (Gr. Νίκη), i.e. victory. The name has the sense of "victorious, warrior". The female is Andronike.
Andronicus or Andronikos may refer to:
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Andronicus or Andronikos may refer to:
- Livius AndronicusLivius AndronicusLucius Livius Andronicus , not to be confused with the later historian Livy, was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet of the Old Latin period. He began as an educator in the service of a noble family at Rome by translating Greek works into Latin, including Homer’s Odyssey. They were meant at...
(c.284 BC–204 BC), introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c.240 BC - Andronicus ben MeshullamAndronicus ben MeshullamAndronicus ben Meshullam, a Jewish scholar of the 2nd century BCE. According to Josephus , he was the representative of the Jews in their religious dispute with the Samaritans, which was held before King Ptolemy VI Philometor, about the year 150 BCE...
, a Jewish scholar of the 2nd century BC - Andronicus of CyrrhusAndronicus of CyrrhusAndronicus of Cyrrhus or Andronicus Cyrrhestes,son of Hermias, was a Greek astronomer who flourished about 100 BC....
(c.100 BC), Greek astronomer - Andronicus of RhodesAndronicus of RhodesAndronicus of Rhodes was a Greek philosopher from Rhodes who was also the eleventh scholarch of the Peripatetic school.He was at the head of the Peripatetic school at Rome, about 58 BC, and was the teacher of Boethus of Sidon, with whom Strabo studied...
(c.70 BC), Greek philosopher - Andronicus of PannoniaAndronicus of PannoniaAndronicus of Pannonia was a 1st century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul: According to that verse, Andronicus was a kinsman of Paul and a fellow prisoner at some time, particularly well-known among the apostles, and had become a follower of Jesus Christ before Paul's Damascus road conversion...
(Saint Andronicus), an Apostle of the Seventy mentioned in Romans 16:7 - Andronicus, Probus, and TarachusAndronicus, Probus, and TarachusSaints Andronicus, Probus , and Tarachus were martyrs of the Diocletian persecution . The Martyrologium Hieronymianum contains the names of these three martyrs on four different days , with the topographical identification: In Tarso Cilicie, on September...
(Saint Andronicus), a 4th century martyr - Andronicus of Alexandria, a soldier, martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of AlexandriaFaustus, Abibus and Dionysius of AlexandriaFaustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria were Christian martyrs put to death under Decius in 250.Faustus was a priest, Abibus was a deacon, and Dionysius was a lector...
- Coptic Pope Andronicus of AlexandriaPope Andronicus of AlexandriaPope Andronicus of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria . He is commemorated in the calendars of the Coptic churches on 20 Tubah, the day of his death....
(reigned 616–622)
- Five Byzantine Emperors:
- Andronikos I KomnenosAndronikos I KomnenosAndronikos I Komnenos was Byzantine Emperor from 1183 to 1185). He was the son of Isaac Komnenos and grandson of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.-Early years:...
(1118–1185) - Andronikos II PalaiologosAndronikos II PalaiologosAndronikos II Palaiologos , Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, was Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328. He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes...
(1258–1332) - Andronikos III PalaiologosAndronikos III PalaiologosAndronikos III Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after being rival emperor since 1321. Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia...
(1297–1341) - Andronikos IV PalaiologosAndronikos IV PalaiologosAndronikos IV Palaiologos was Byzantine Emperor from 1376 to 1379.-Life:...
(1348–1385) - Andronikos V PalaiologosAndronikos V PalaiologosAndronikos V Palaiologos was co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire with his father John VII Palaiologos.-Life:...
(c.1400–c.1407), Co-Emperor with his father John VII Palaiologos
- Andronikos I Komnenos
- Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of ThessalonikeAndronikos Palaiologos, Lord of ThessalonikeAndronikos Palaiologos or Andronicus Palaeologus was a Byzantine prince and the last Byzantine governor of Thessalonica with the title of despot , from 1408 to 1423....
(1403–1429)
- Three Emperors of Trebizond:
- Andronikos I of TrebizondAndronikos I of TrebizondAndronikos I Gidos or Andronicus I Gidus , , Emperor of Trebizond-Marriage:He married a Komnene, whose first name is unknown. He succeeded his father-in-law, Alexios I of Trebizond in 1222. His mother-in-law was Theodora Axuchina....
(1222–1235) - Andronikos II of TrebizondAndronikos II of TrebizondAndronikos II Megas Komnenos or Andronicus II , . Emperor of Trebizond from 1263 to 1266. He was the eldest son of Manuel I of Trebizond by his first wife, Anna Xylaloe, a Trapezuntine noblewoman....
(1263–1266) - Andronikos III of TrebizondAndronikos III of TrebizondAndronikos III Megas Komnenos or Andronicus III , Emperor of Trebizond from 1330 to 1332. He was an eldest son of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his Iberian wife, Djiadjak Jaqeli of Samckhe....
(1330–1332)
- Andronikos I of Trebizond
In fiction:
- Titus AndronicusTitus AndronicusTitus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...
, main character in the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, possibly named after one of the above-listed emperors - Andronicus, or the Unfortunate Politician, a 1646 satire by Thomas FullerThomas FullerThomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death...