Library of Celsus, Ephesus

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by Mark Cartwright
published on 18 June 2012

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Library of Celsus, Ephesus — Completed in 117 CE, the Library of Celsus at Ephesus was ordered built by Tiberius Julius Acquila in memory of his father Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, proconsul (governor) of the Asian province c. 105 to 114 CE.

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Mark Cartwright

Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and editor. Special interests include art, architecture, and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the WHE Publishing Director.

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SELAHATTIN ERDEMGIL. Ephesus. 1996.

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