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Inscriptions on the front of the building indicate that the library was erected in 110 AD by the Consul Gaius (Tiberius) Julius Aquila as a mausoleum for his father Gaius (Tiberius) Julius Celsus Polemaenus Aquila (92-114 AD). A sum of 25,000 denarii was bequeathed for the purchase of books and the upkeep of the building.
The statues on niches between the doors are replikas. The originals were taken to Vienna in the years of library excavation.
The statues on the plinth, as it can be understood from inscriptions, symbolizes the wisdom (Sophia), the knowledge (Episteme), the intelligence (Ennoia), the virtue (Arete) of Celsus.

Description
Inscriptions on the front of the building indicate that the library was erected in 110 AD by the Consul Gaius (Tiberius) Julius Aquila as a mausoleum for his father Gaius (Tiberius) Julius Celsus Polemaenus Aquila (92-114 AD). A sum of 25,000 denarii was bequeathed for the purchase of books and the upkeep of the building.
The statues on niches between the doors are replikas. The originals were taken to Vienna in the years of library excavation.
The statues on the plinth, as it can be understood from inscriptions, symbolizes the wisdom (Sophia), the knowledge (Episteme), the intelligence (Ennoia), the virtue (Arete) of Celsus.