GALLEON
Roman proconsul of Achaia at the time of Paul’s first visit to Corinth.
His original name was Marco Anneo Novato; Born in Córdoba, he was adopted by the family of Lucio Junio Galión and then adopted the name of Junio Anneo Galión. Brother of the philosopher Seneca, he was like him killed by order of Nero.
The date of his proconsulship in Corinth can be determined thanks to the discovery of the Delphi Stone in 1905, which mentions him.
He held this position from May 51 to May 52. After the Jews, exasperated by Paul’s success at Corinth, brought him before the court of the proconsul, Gallio refused to pay attention to their religious disputes, and ignored them. the accusation.
He also assumed a total indifference to the excesses of the mob who, having seized Sosthenes, leader of the synagogue, beat him before the court (Acts 18: 12-17).