The Medicus Codex: (1 Vox Populi)

My name is not Gaius Romulus Saccius, though that is how almost all my patients during my long medical career knew me. I've lived in Rome for many years, but my origins are in the province of Palestine. As a young man, many Romans thought I hailed from Judea. They were not correct. I was born and raised in a small village in Galilee, many miles away.My journey from young Galilean to well-established Roman physician was a long one which brought me into conflict and contact with some rather remarkable people, including Caesar Elagabalus. As the old curse says, I have lived in very interesting times.

Review :
Cy Stein is a master storyteller with an historian's eye for the kind of surprising facts that make the ancient world come fully alive. The tale he tells is a page-turner that crackles with suspense, action and sly humor. The hero of his tale, Gaius Romulus Saccius, is a gifted physician who practices in the highest circles of power, and we see through his eyes what real life was like when the Roman Empire ruled the world. The Medicus Codex has all the intrigue and richness of detail that we find in enduring best-sellers like The Name of the Rose, but it stands alone as a book that only an author like Cy Stein - a distinguished physician in his own right - could have written. --Jonathan Kirsch, Author of "God Against the Gods" "Like all the best historical fiction, The Medicus Codex immerses readers in a captivating other place and time while propelling them through an equally captivating story. Once into it, I found myself frequently--and tellingly--late for meals." --Bob Cialdini "The Medicus Codex is a sensational, enormously entertaining novel. Its story line keeps the reader immersed in the book, always wanting to know what will happen on the next page. Set in the exotic surroundings of ancient Rome, fascinating detail about the place is pleasurably absorbed while following the novel's unexpected twists and turns. Written in straightforward language, Dr. Stein's fiction does for the ancient Romans what Gary Jennings did for the Aztecs." --Paul Bryan Gray, Lawyer and Award-Winning Historian. Author of A Clamor for Equality: Emergence and Exile of the Californio Activist Francisco P. Ramirez.