Andronicus
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The name Andronicus or Andronikos (Greek: Ανδρόνικος) refers to several people:
- Livius Andronicus (284? – 204 BC) — introduced drama to the Romans and produced the first formal play in Latin in c. 240 BC
- Andronicus ben Meshullam — a Jewish scholar of the second century BC
- Andronicus of Cyrrhus (c. 100 BC) — Greek astronomer
- Andronicus of Rhodes (c. 70 BC) — Greek philosopher
- Saint Andronicus — an Apostle of the Seventy mentioned in Romans 16:7
- Saint Andronicus — a fourth century martyr
- Coptic Pope Andronicus of Alexandria (reigned 616 - 622)
- Four Byzantine Emperors:
- Andronikos V Palaiologos (c. 1400 – c. 1407) — Co-Emperor with his father John VII Palaiologos
- Andronikos Palaiologos, Lord of Thessalonike (1403 – 1429)
- Three Emperors of Trebizond:
- Titus Andronicus — 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 Fuller