Kleandros was the physician in the Roman town of Vesunna in Aquitaine. He was a Greek with a slim build and wore his hair in black ringlets. He attended the scene of the murder of Clodius Eprius and was confounded by the cause of death. He was glad when Gaius Tero, the tesserarius who commanded the town's vigiles arrived on the scene. The two were good friends despite constantly arguing. He led Tero to the dinning room where the body lay only saying that he best see the body himself in answer to the tesserarius' questions. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.