The Delphi Inscription, or Gallio Inscription
''Fouilles de Delphes'' III 4:286
SIG
II, 801d
, is the name given to the collection of nine fragments of a letter written by the Roman emperor

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus and Ant ...

in 52 CE which was discovered early in the 20th century at the Temple of Apollo in

Delphi Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient Classical antiquity, classical world. The A ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

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The reconstructed inscription begins thus: :Tiber us Claudius Caear Augustus Ge manicus, invested with tribunician poer or the 12th time, acclaimed Imperator for te 26th time, F ther of the Faher and... For a l ng time have I been not onl ell-disposed towards te ci yof Delph , but also solicitous for its properity, and I have always guard d th cul of te ythianApol o. Butnow inceit is said to be desti ue of itiens, as . Junus Gallio, my fri ndan proconul, ecently reported to me, and being desirous that Delphishould retain ntat its for er rank, Iord r you (pl.) to inite well-born people also from ter cities o Delphi as new inhabitants.... The reference to

proconsul A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a Roman consul, consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military ...

Gallio in the inscription provides an important marker for developing a chronology of the life of

Apostle Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Apostles in the New Testament, Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the Ministry of Jesus, teachings of Jesus in the Christianity in the 1st century, first ...

, since he presides over the trial of Paul in

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles ( Acts 18:12-17).A. Köstenberger, ''The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament'', 2009 page 400''The Cambridge Companion to St Paul'' by James D. G. Dunn (Nov 10, 2003) Cambridge Univ Press page 20

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