The Lycurgus Cup

About the Book

The LYCURGUS Cup is a literary fiction painted on the authentic historical tapestry of the Eastern Mediterranean in the year 400. It is an adventure story, but constructed around a number of theological problems of the day. The central character, Veritus, is a student from Corduba who has come to Ephesus to interview a powerful but dying Roman bureaucrat. Several attempts are made on his life, but why? By whom? He soon finds that he is embroiled in an undeclared war of theology. He becomes a pawn in this deadly game as he agrees to set a trap for the Capoderms, a group of intolerant “protectors of the faith.” Instead of closing the trap, he finds himself betrayed and at the point of death in a wine cellar on the Sinai. There, during that night, he goes through a transformation, a personal Pentecost, during which he is given the Faith by the Holy Spirit. He emerges as a man of faith and is extricated from the hands of the evil Capoderms by a remarkable sequence of events.

About the Author

Joseph Thomas Rossettie is a graduate of Fordham University School of Pharmacy. He became co-founder of Rossettie Pharmacy, Inc. in 1972. For 35 Years Joseph served the people of the southern tier of New York until his retirement. He married his sweetheart, Theresa and has been fortunate to share a rich life with her for 38 years and counting. They have a son Joseph Michael Rossettie Esq. and daughters, Gina (Rossettie) Frey Esq. and Christina. The joys of their lives are their grandchildren: Colby, Greyson, Welles, Seraphina, Luciana, and Lachlan. Joseph Thomas Rossettie is the author of Genesis Six, and Honestly as well as a children’s series (for ages 3-7) called The Adventures of Marmalade and Jellybean.