Andronicus, a general

provincial governor / military official (correspondent in late-antique letter collections)|Cyrene / Libyan Pentapolis (for the Synesius correspondent)
This record collapses several distinct men named Andronikos who appear as correspondents across late-antique letter collections, so it should be read with caution. The best-attested figure of the name in this milieu is the Andronikos addressed by Synesios of Cyrene around 411-412 AD: a native of the Libyan Pentapolis who rose to become its imperial governor (praeses), notorious in Synesios's letters for his rapacity and cruelty, whom the bishop publicly excommunicated. Other men of the same name appear independently as recipients in the correspondence of Basil of Caesarea, Theodoret of Cyrrhus, and Libanius, and the designation 'a general' likely reflects one of these provincial or military figures rather than a single career. Beyond these letters the individual figures are only sparsely documented, and no unified biography should be inferred from the merged record.
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All letters (32)

From Libaniusc. 327 AD

"Measure is best," someone said, and the saying became a dedication at Delphi.

libanius #146
From Libaniusc. 328 AD

I believe one should help everyone who suffers undeservedly, to the extent one can, and I consider this pleasing to...

libanius #149
From Libaniusc. 328 AD

This Auxentius is not technically my student, but he is far more devoted than many who are.

libanius #152
From Libaniusc. 328 AD

We have received a wonderful report about both of you -- Hypatius and yourself -- and you should know that you fully...

libanius #155
From Libaniusc. 329 AD

You could easily obtain a favor from Cyrillus, both as his friend and as the governor of Tyre.

libanius #162
From Libaniusc. 329 AD

The soldiers serving under Modestus have done me many favors.

libanius #165
From Libaniusc. 330 AD

Let me borrow something from Demosthenes to talk to you about this man Bassus.

libanius #171
From Libaniusc. 331 AD

I knew perfectly well that you would welcome the admirable Palladius with great warmth, even without a letter from me.

libanius #179
From Libaniusc. 331 AD

What have you done? You who committed only one fault -- but the one fault you should never have committed, even if...

libanius #180
From Libaniusc. 331 AD

The admirable Mares was both my fellow student and my teacher -- for having grown alongside me, he rose to that rank.

libanius #185
From Libaniusc. 332 AD

Sebon is a Cretan, and he is related by blood to the people you govern -- for he descends from those men born to...

libanius #188
From Libaniusc. 332 AD

No doubt you and your friends often discuss Phoenicia -- one praising the nature of its soil, another the tempering...

libanius #191
From Libaniusc. 332 AD

I know that you were going to receive Palladius kindly without any letter from me.

libanius #194
From Libaniusc. 334 AD

I have several things to lay before you, and I hope you will forgive the length of this letter -- it is the price of...

libanius #213
From Libaniusc. 335 AD

You will notice that my letters grow longer as your term in office continues.

libanius #222
From Libaniusc. 335 AD

Antiochus serves the whole city through his medical practice, but the greatest share of his labors is spent on my...

libanius #226
From Libaniusc. 335 AD

This Antiochus here is a man who barely survived.

libanius #230
From Libaniusc. 336 AD

I have never prayed to hold power myself.

libanius #232
From Libaniusc. 339 AD

If you have ever wondered what kind of man Callimachus is, you will find out from this visit.

libanius #270
From Libaniusc. 342 AD

I have long admired how you handle the affairs entrusted to you, and this admiration only grows with each report I...

libanius #301
From Libaniusc. 343 AD

The young man who carries this letter is one of my finest students.

libanius #306
From Libaniusc. 353 AD

Surely you will not demand a long letter from me this time.

libanius #411
From Libaniusc. 354 AD

I thought you had dropped your charge -- the one where you accuse me of writing too briefly.

libanius #427
From Libaniusc. 356 AD

Whenever someone says a letter has arrived from Andronicus, I know it means complaints have arrived.

libanius #441
From Libaniusc. 361 AD

You need a plan to deal with the scheming of your uncle -- let him keep the title "uncle" in my letters too, so...

libanius #501
From Libaniusc. 362 AD

Either you are joking in your letter or you are completely out of touch with reality.

libanius #510
From Basil of Caesareac. 363 AD

1. Did but my health allow of my being able to undertake a journey without difficulty, and of putting up with the inclemency of the winter, I should, instead of writing, have travelled to your excellency in person, and this for two reasons. First to pay my old debt, for I know that I promised to come to Sebastia and to have the pleasure of seein...

basil caesarea #112
From Libaniusc. 365 AD

Gaudentius shares with me the work of teaching the young.

libanius #538
From Libaniusc. 366 AD

If I were to tell you who Letoius is by birth, who he is by character, and what he is to me, I would end up teaching...

libanius #548
From Libaniusc. 367 AD

Word of the deeds this man Maiorinus has done for me has probably reached you already.

libanius #555
From Synesius of Cyrenec. 413 AD

To the General.

synesius cyrene #62
From Theodoret of Cyrrhusc. 440 AD

To the General Zeno,

theodoret cyrrhus #65