the cognomen of several Romans , among whom the most distinguished , L. Livius Andronicus, the first dramatic and epic poet of the Romans , lived in the middle of the third century B.C., Cic.Brut. 18; Gell. 17, 21 al.; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 41 sq.; 78; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 82.