The Delphi Inscription, or Gallio Inscription ( IG, VII, 1676; 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) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

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

Delphi Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle ...

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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

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it 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 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 command, or ' ...

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

Apostle Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

by relating it to the trial of Paul in

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

mentioned in

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(

Acts 18 Acts 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the final part of the second missionary journey of Paul, together with Silas and Timothy, and the beginning of the third mission ...

: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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* {{cite web, url= http://kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/greek/gallio.html, title= The Gallio Inscription (a.k.a. Delphi Inscription). Greek text and English translation, archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110518174141/http://kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/greek/gallio.html, archive-date= 2011-05-18 1st-century inscriptions 20th-century archaeological discoveries Greek inscriptions Koine Greek Inscriptions Greece in the Roman era Archaeological discoveries in Greece Claudius

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