Celsus, governor of Cilicia

governor of Cilicia; correspondent of Libanius|Tarsus (Cilicia)
Celsus is known chiefly as a recipient of letters from the Antiochene rhetorician Libanius (314-c. 393 AD), who addresses him in connection with a governorship of Cilicia. A man named Celsus within Libanius's circle was a former pupil who rose to provincial office in the mid-to-late fourth century, and the orator's letters to a governor of Cilicia fit that milieu; the seat of the governor of Cilicia in this period was Tarsus. Beyond his appearance in Libanius's correspondence he is otherwise sparsely attested, and details of his career, dates, and identity (several men named Celsus figure in the period) cannot be fixed with confidence from the letters alone.
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From Libaniusc. 380 AD

So this charming headland of yours, which you consider equal to the governorship of Cilicia -- do not many sailors...

libanius #692
From Libaniusc. 380 AD

You know this young man, I think -- you were never unaware of those among my students who showed promise in oratory.

libanius #696
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

This month is packed with business, and a wedding cannot tolerate such rush and worry.

libanius #706
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

There is nothing surprising about falling in love with Attica.

libanius #707
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

Your office gave you the advantage of meeting the admirable Fortunatianus before I did.

libanius #708
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

If you did not already know Theophilus, I would tell you that even when circumstances invited excess, the man...

libanius #709
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

The god has raised our hierophant [the chief priest of a mystery cult] from his bed.

libanius #710
From Libaniusc. 381 AD

You know this Diogenes as one of our citizens.

libanius #714
From Libaniusc. 382 AD

The law requires of doctors only one public service: the practice of their art.

libanius #715
From Libaniusc. 383 AD

No sooner had the emperor released you than he encountered me.

libanius #728
From Libaniusc. 383 AD

Back when we were enjoying that blessed life in Nicomedia -- rich not in wealth but in leisure for our studies --...

libanius #734
From Libaniusc. 384 AD

This man Pandorus is from Cilicia -- dead last in wealth, but first in desire for learning.

libanius #735
From Libaniusc. 384 AD

If someone has already said that a favor can sometimes work to a man's disadvantage, what wonder is it that a...

libanius #738