Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus

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Roman provincial governor Roman senator consul of the Roman Empire member of the Roman equestrian and senatorial elite proconsul

Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman senator and proconsul of Asia, honored posthumously with the monumental Library of Celsus in Ephesus.

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Label	Occurrences
Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11099765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus
Context triple: [Library of Celsus, dedicatedTo, Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus]

A. Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
B. Rufrius Crispinus
Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
C. Dio Cassius
Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles the Roman Empire from its founding to his own time.
D. Gaius Caecilius Rufus
Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
E. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus
Target entity description: Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman senator and proconsul of Asia, honored posthumously with the monumental Library of Celsus in Ephesus.

A. Lucilius Bassus
Lucilius Bassus was a 1st-century Roman general who played a key role in suppressing the Jewish Revolt under Emperor Vespasian.
B. Rufrius Crispinus
Rufrius Crispinus was a Roman equestrian and Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Claudius, later known chiefly as the first husband of the empress Poppaea Sabina.
C. Dio Cassius
Dio Cassius was a Roman statesman and historian best known for his extensive work "Roman History," which chronicles the Roman Empire from its founding to his own time.
D. Gaius Caecilius Rufus
Gaius Caecilius Rufus was a Roman senator and magistrate who served alongside the historian Velleius Paterculus during his praetorship in the early 1st century AD.
E. Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman provincial governor ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ member of the Roman equestrian and senatorial elite ⓘ proconsul ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfMemorial	Roman Imperial architecture ⓘ linked to: Roman architecture
associatedWithBuilding	Library of Celsus ⓘ
burialPlace	Ephesus ⓘ Library of Celsus ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	2nd century ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
cognomen	Celsus ⓘ Polemaeanus ⓘ
commemoratedBy	monumental tomb-library façade in Ephesus ⓘ
culture	Greco-Roman ⓘ
era	High Roman Empire ⓘ
familyName	Julius ⓘ
floruit	2nd century ⓘ
givenName	Tiberius ⓘ
governedTerritory	province of Asia ⓘ
hasMemorial	Library of Celsus ⓘ
honoredIn	Ephesus ⓘ
honorificMonumentLocation	Ephesus, Asia Minor ⓘ linked to: Ephesus
honorificMonumentType	library ⓘ
knownFor	wealth and benefactions in Ephesus ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
memorialCommissionedBy	his son (inferred from epigraphic tradition) ⓘ
memorialFunction	combination of tomb and library ⓘ
notableFor	being honored with the Library of Celsus in Ephesus ⓘ
officeRank	senatorial rank ⓘ
partOf	Roman imperial aristocracy ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman senator ⓘ governor of the province of Asia ⓘ proconsul of Asia ⓘ suffect consul ⓘ
posthumousHonor	construction of the Library of Celsus ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Asia Minor ⓘ Roman province of Asia ⓘ
religion	Greco-Roman polytheism (inferred) ⓘ
timeInOffice	early 2nd century CE ⓘ reign of Emperor Hadrian (approximate) ⓘ