cilla, he had fled from Rome due to a decree (A.D. 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave the city.
Paul lived with him at Corinth, and they worked together in their common trade, making Cilician hair-cloth for tents. On Paul's departure from Corinth after eighteen months, Aquila and his wife accompanied him to Ephesus, where they remained, while he proceeded to Syria (Acts 18:18, 26