³⁸Sergius Paulus is mentioned in the ancient inscriptions, one found in Cyprus and the other in Rome.^[53] The latter speaks of him as a commissioner for reinforcement of bridges and riverbanks. Pliny, in his Natural History, names Sergius Paulus among the writers whose works he used (in Book II and XVIII). The opinion that the apostle began to call himself Paul in honor of the proconsul (in Acts, he begins to be called Paul after meeting Sergius Paulus) is highly improbable. Most likely, as a Roman citizen, he had two names from the very beginning: Hebrew and Latin (he preferred to use the latter in pagan countries).