TY - BOOK AU - Downie,Ruth TI - Medicus: a novel of the Roman Empire SN - 1596914270 : PAP AV - PR6104.O94 M44 2008 U1 - 823/.92 22 PY - 2008///, c2006 CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury USA, Distributed to the trade by Macmillan KW - Rome KW - History KW - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D KW - Fiction KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd KW - Historical fiction N1 - Originally published: London : Michael Joseph, 2006 N2 - A down-on-his-luck Roman army doctor, Gaius Petreius Ruso decides to seek his fortune in one of the far outposts of the Roman Empire, journeying to Britannia, where he rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from her abusive owner ER -