Gallio

Gallio [N] [E] [H]

(one who lives on milk ), Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when St. Paul was at Corinth, A.D. 53, under the emperor Claudius. ( Acts 18:12 ) He was brother to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in 65 A.D. Winer thinks he was put to death by Nero.


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Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Gallio'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.