Gallio Inscription - Delphi Inscription

The Gallio Inscription is a collection of nine fragments of  a copy of the Roman emperor Claudius` decree, discovered in Delphi near Apollo temple. In 52 AD Claudius adressed to L. Iunius Gallio. Gallio was the proconsul of Achaia while Paul was in Corinth¹.  From the inscription can be deduced that Gallio was the proconsul of Achaia in the previous year².

See:

1. St. Paul, Acts 18.12Stanley B. Marrow. Paul: His Letters and His Theology : an Introduction to Paul's Epistles, Paulist Press, 1986, pp. 18, 47-48
2. http://users.wfu.edu/horton/r102/gallio.html
3. Ralph Martin Novak ,Christianity and the Roman Empire, Trinity Press International 2001, pp. 20-22

References

1. ↑Acts 18.12
2. ↑R. M. Novak considers the possibility that Gallio served for two years and calculates a possible range for Gallio's term of office from late spring of AD 50