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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.
Lithograph of Aulus Cornelius Celsus Celsus (25 BC–AD 50) was a Roman encyclopaedist who wrote a general encyclopaedia about many subjects. His exact place of birth as well as when he lived are unknown; however, it is known he lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius .
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Aulus Cornelius Celsus (flourished 1st century ad, Rome) was one of the greatest Roman medical writers, author of an encyclopaedia dealing with agriculture, military art, rhetoric, philosophy, law, and medicine, of which only the medical portion has survived.
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Aulus Cornelius Celsus (fälschlich auch Aurelius Cornelius Celsus; * um 25 v. Chr.; † um 50 n. Chr.) war ein römischer Enzyklopädist und um 30 n. Chr. einer der wichtigsten Medizinschriftsteller seiner Zeit. Unwahrscheinlich ist, dass Celsus („der Cicero der Ärzte“ [1]) selbst als Arzt tätig war.
Jun 8, 2018 · Aulus Cornelius Celsus (ca. 25 B.C.- A.D. 45) was the Roman author of the first systematic treatise on medicine. It is the most important historical source for present-day knowledge of Alexandrian and Roman medicine.
date: 07 May 2024. Cornelius Celsus, Aulus. Rebecca Flemming. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.1835. Published online: 07 March 2016. This version: 27 October 2020. Previous version. Summary. Celsus was a Latin encyclopaedist of the early Roman Empire.
