# Aulus Cornelius Celsus

> He wrote the only Roman medical textbook that survived intact — eight books covering diet, drugs, and surgery with a clarity that made him the standard for fifteen centuries. His name still marks skin diseases and inspired a Renaissance alchemist to call himself "beyond Celsus."

*Roman physician and writer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/aulus-cornelius-celsus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** -25
- **Died:** 50
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Aulus Cornelius Celsus compiled an encyclopedia around the turn of the first century, covering agriculture, law, rhetoric, military arts, and medicine — only the medical section, De Medicina, made it through the fall of Rome. The eight books became a primary source on Roman medical knowledge: pharmacy, diet, surgery, the mechanics of treatment. He classified skin disorders precisely enough that conditions like myrmecia still carry his terminology, and dermatology terms like kerion celsi and area celsi preserve his eye for detail. Fifteen centuries later, a Swiss physician read him and took the name Paracelsus — literally "above Celsus" — as both homage and challenge.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 17.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #173

## Topics
#Writers, #Doctor, #Medicine, #Literature, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312420)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Aulus%20Cornelius%20Celsus)
- [آولوس كورنيليوس سلزوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Аўл Карнелій Цэльс](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81)
- [Авъл Корнелий Целз](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B7)
- [Aulus Corneli Cels](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Corneli_Cels)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Αύλος Κορνήλιος Κέλσος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BD%CE%AE%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%AD%CE%BB%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Aulo Cornelio Celso](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Celso)
- [Zeltso](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltso)
- [آلوس کورنلیوس سلسوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Corneli Cels](https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneli_Cels)
- [Aulo Cornelio Celso](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Celso)
- [קורנליוס קלסוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Ավլոս Կոռնելիոս Ցելսոս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BE%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%91%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%BD)
- [Aulus Cornelius Celsus](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Aulo Cornelio Celso](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Celso)
- [アウルス・コルネリウス・ケルスス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B9)
- [Цельс](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B7)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aule_Corneli_Cels)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Celso)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Celso)

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