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Aulus Cornelius Celsus

25 BC - 50

Aulus Cornelius Celsus

Aulus Cornelius Celsus (c. 25 BC – c. 50 AD) was a Roman encyclopaedist, known for his extant medical work, De Medicina, which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aulus Cornelius Celsus has received more than 283,699 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Aulus Cornelius Celsus is the 391st most popular writer (down from 346th in 2019).

Aulus Cornelius Celsus is most famous for his work De Medicina, which is the oldest surviving text on medical science. He was a Roman encyclopedist who wrote on many subjects, but his work on medicine is the most well-known.

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Notable Works

Celsus

Literary Criticism

1935

On Medicine

Literary Criticism

1935

De medicina

Medicine

Celsus was not a professional doctor of medicine or a surgeon, but a practical layman whose De Medicina, written in clear and neat style, for lay Latin readers, is partly a result of his medical treatment of his household (slaves included) and partly a presentation of information gained from many Greek authorities. From no other source can we learn so much of the condition of medical science up to his own time.

1478

Aur. Corn. Celsi De medicina libri octo

1713

Della medicina di Aulo Cornelio Celso libri otto

Medical

Describes in non-technical terms the development of theory and practice in the medicine of classical Rome, against the background of the social and religious traditions of antiquity

1838

On the True Doctrine

Religion

The works of Celsus are among the few early works critical of Christianity to have survived the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The translator of this edited collection of his work has painstakingly restored the main order of the philosopher's argument.

19874 / 5

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Among writers, Aulus Cornelius Celsus ranks 391 out of 7,302. Before him are Mika Waltari, Einhard, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gregory of Tours, Attar of Nishapur, and Alice Munro. After him are Sándor Márai, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Ghalib, Sándor Petőfi, Erich von Däniken, and O. Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 25 BC, Aulus Cornelius Celsus ranks 2. Before him is Saint Veronica. After him are Marcus Gavius Apicius, and Vonones II. Among people deceased in 50, Aulus Cornelius Celsus ranks 1. After him are Phaedrus, Abgar V, Marcus Manilius, Thaddeus of Edessa, and Papirius Fabianus.