Asclepiades Titiensis (also rendered Asclepiades Citiensis) was an ancient Greek physician who is thought to have lived in or before the second century CE. He is known primarily through quotations by the Greco‑Roman medical writer Caelius Aurelianus in the work De morbis acutis et chronicis, where Caelius cites Asclepiades as an authority on the identification of apoplexy (stroke) with paralysis.
The epithet “Titiensis” appears in early editions of Caelius’s text, but some scholars argue that it is a copyist error and that the original form was “Citiensis.” Modern editions of the text reflect this uncertainty, with some retaining “Titiensis” and others adopting “Citiensis.”
The historical record of Asclepiades Titiensis is sparse. Later scholars, such as the 18th‑century physician Daniel Le Clerc, questioned whether he was a distinct individual or merely another instance of the many obscure ancient physicians sharing the name Asclepiades. A minority of researchers have even suggested a possible identification with Apollonios of Kition, though this hypothesis remains speculative.
Because of the limited and indirect nature of the evidence, the details of Asclepiades Titiensis’s life, medical training, and specific contributions beyond the citation on apoplexy remain uncertain. His name survives chiefly as a footnote in the study of ancient medical literature and the transmission of medical knowledge in the early Roman Empire.