Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus
1st–2nd century Roman senator and consul / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1st–2nd century Roman senator and consul from the city of Ephesus. For other people named Celsus, see Celsus (disambiguation).
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus (Greek: Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Κέλσος Πολεμαιανός, romanized: Tibérios Ioúlios Kélsos Polemaianós),[1] commonly known as Celsus (c. 45 CE – before c. 120 CE), was an Ancient Greek military commander and politician of the Roman Empire who became a senator,[2][3] and served as suffect consul as the colleague of Lucius Stertinius Avitus.[4] Celsus Polemaeanus was a wealthy and popular citizen and benefactor of Ephesus, and was buried in a sarcophagus beneath the famous Library of Celsus,[5] which was built as a mausoleum in his honor by his son Tiberius Julius Aquila Polemaeanus.[6]