person
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus
Gallio
also: Gallio, Marcus Annaeus Novatus
Seneca's elder brother, born Marcus Annaeus Novatus and adopted by the orator Junius Gallio; proconsul of Achaea (c. AD 51-52), where he dismissed the case brought against the apostle Paul at Corinth (Acts 18). The dedicatee of On the Happy Life.
Reading notes
- On the Happy Life §1.1 Gallio
Seneca's elder brother, Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus (born M. Annaeus Novatus); proconsul of Achaea and the dedicatee of this dialogue. He is the Gallio before whom the apostle Paul was brought at Corinth (Acts 18).
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §104.1 Gallio
Seneca's elder brother, L. Junius Gallio Annaeanus (born M. Annaeus Novatus), proconsul of Achaia — the Gallio before whom Paul was brought in Acts 18.
- Natural Questions §4.pr.10 Gallio
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus, Seneca's elder brother (the Gallio of Acts 18), proverbially sweet-natured and immune to flattery.