Asclapo was a Greek physician of ancient Rome who lived in Patrae, in Achaia, and who attended on Cicero's freedman, Marcus Tullius Tiro, during an illness of his in 51 BCE.[1] Cicero was so much pleased by his kindness and his medical skill that he wrote a letter of recommendation for him to Servius Sulpicius Rufus in 47 BCE.[2] Though some later writers thought that Cicero's commendation of Asclapo was "distinctly cool" compared to similar commendations he wrote for other doctors, indicating his praise of Asclapo wasn't as sincere.[3]