Celer

Family: Roman · Role: tribune · First appears: Book II, Chapter 12

Celer was a Roman tribune who, in Book II, Chapter 12, was ordered alongside Cumanus to sail to Rome and account for what had been done to Caesar. At Rome, Caesar condemned the Samaritans, banished Cumanus, and sent Celer bound to Jerusalem to be delivered to the Jews, drawn around the city, and beheaded; Claudius is likewise associated with sending him there to be tormented.

Relationship record

Life events

• Caesar condemned the Samaritans, banished Cumanus, and ordered Celer’s execution in Jerusalem.(Book II, Chapter 12 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Caesar (murdered ruler) Cumanus
  • “he condemned the Samaritans, and commanded that three of the most powerful men among them should be put to death; he banished Cumanus, and sent Celer bound to Jerusalem, to be delivered over to the Jews to be tormented; that he should be drawn round the city, and then beheaded.”

Book II, Chapter 12

• with Ummidius Quadratus (Quadratus ordered Celer to report to Caesar.) “He also ordered that Cumanus [the procurator] and Celer the tribune should sail to Rome, in order to give an account of what had been done to Caesar.”
• with Claudius (interaction) “and sent Celer bound to Jerusalem, to be delivered over to the Jews to be tormented”

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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.