Gallio

Roman senator, brother of Seneca

b. 0s BC · d. 65

Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus was a Roman senator and brother of the writer Seneca. He is best known for dismissing an accusation brought against Paul the Apostle in Corinth.

Related people

Seneca the Younger sibling of · traditional

Events

Paul before Gallio at Corinth 51

Places

Corduba birth
Rome death

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — Paul before Gallio at Corinth
St Paul: A Study in Social and Religious History 1 claim — The stone that dates the first century

Glosses

The stone that dates the first century Almost every year in this dataset before about 60 is calculated backwards or forwards from one broken slab found at Delphi. It is a rescript of Claudius, and it names Lucius Junius Gallio as proconsul of Achaia while…