A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

9. An officer in the service of Perseus, king of

Macedonia. He seems to have been in command at Pella. When the fortunes of Perseus appeared desperate, in a moment of bewilderment he gave directions to Nicias to throw his treasures into the sea, and to Andronicus to burn his fleet. The former executed the commands of the king, though a large part of the treasure was afterwards recovered. But Perseus, to get rid of the witnesses of such an act of folly, had both Nicias and Andronicus put to death, B. C. 169. (Liv. 44.10.)