Gallio

Gallio was the Roman proconsul of Achaia (roughly 51–52 AD) before whom Paul was brought by the Jewish community of Corinth on charges of illegal religious innovation (Acts 18:12–17). Gallio dismissed the charges as an internal Jewish matter with no bearing on Roman law and drove the accusers from his judgment seat. His decision effectively gave Paul's mission legal cover throughout Achaia and is historically significant as one of the few dateable events in Paul's life, corroborated by the Delphi inscription naming Gallio's tenure.