Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus | |
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Suffect consul of the Roman Empire | |
In office 51–52 Serving with Titus Cutius Ciltus | |
Preceded by | Quintus Volusius Saturninu Publius Cornelius Scipio |
Succeeded by | Publius Sulpicius Scribonius Rufus Publius Sulpicius Scribonius Proculus |
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus or Gallio (
Life
Gallio (originally named Lucius Annaeus Novatus), the son of the rhetorician
Gallio was a suffect or replacement consul in the mid-50s,[1] and Cassius Dio records that he introduced Nero's performances.[2] Not long after the death of his brother, Seneca, Gallio (according to Tacitus, Ann. 15.73) was attacked in the Senate by Salienus Clemens, who accused him of being a "parricide and public enemy", though the Senate unanimously appealed to Salienus not to profit "from public misfortunes to satisfy a private animosity".[3] He did not survive this reprieve long. When his second brother, Annaeus Mela, opened his veins after being accused of involvement in a conspiracy (Tacitus, Ann. 16.17), Gallio seems to have committed suicide, perhaps under instruction in 65 AD.[4]
Gallio and Paul the Apostle
According to the
Gallio's tenure can be fairly accurately dated to between AD 51–52.[5] Therefore, the events of Acts 18 can be dated to this period. This is significant because it is the most accurately known date in the life of Paul.[6]
See also
References
- ISBN 0415214645p.78. E. Mary Smallwood, "Consules Suffecti of A.D. 55", in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 17, H. 3 (Jul., 1968), p. 384.
- ISBN 0415214645p.45, relying on Dio 61.20, 2-3.
- ISBN 9780415237000p.169.
- ISBN 9780415069519p.117.
- ^ John Drane, "An Introduction to the Bible", Lion, 1990, p. 634-635
- ^ Pauline Chronology: His Life and Missionary Work, from Catholic Resources by Felix Just, S.J.
Resources
- Ancient sources: Dio Cassius, lx.35, lxii.25.
- Bruce Winter, "Rehabilitating Gallio and his Judgement in Acts 18:14-15", Tyndale Bulletin 57.2 (2006) 291–308.
- Sir W. M. Ramsay, St Paul the Traveller, pp. 257–261
- Cowan, H. (1899). "Gallio". In James Hastings (ed.). A Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. II. pp. 105–106.
- An interesting reconstruction is given by Anatole France in Sur la pierre blanche.
- F. L. Lucas's story “The Hydra (A.D. 53)” in The Woman Clothed with the Sun, and other stories (Cassell, London, 1937; Simon & Schuster, N.Y., 1938) focuses on Gallio at the time of Paul's trial. "A Greek trader, a chance acquaintance of Judas Iscariot, comes to tell the Roman Governor of Corinth 'the real truth about this religious quarrel among the Jews', but is dissuaded by the tolerant old man from taking risks for Truth" (Time and Tide, August 14, 1937).
- Rudyard Kipling's Gallio's Song
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gallio, Junius Annaeus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 419.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in theExternal links
- Gallio at Bible Study
- Paul's Trial Before Gallio A summary of the historical evidence.
- The Gallio Inscription Greek text and English translation.