Rome
Italy · today Rome
The destination. Acts ends with Paul preaching in Rome under house arrest, which is the point: the gospel reaches the center of the empire without the empire authorizing it.
ANCIENT NAMES
- Rhome Greek
- Roma Latin
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WITH JERUSALEM · FORUM OF APPIUS · THREE TAVERNS · ACHAIA AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages
IN THE REFERENCE MAPS
Panorama of ruins at Rome.
PHOTO: Chalaph CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE
- Three Taverns ABOUT 30 MI (49 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
- Forum of Appius ABOUT 40 MI (64 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 3 DAYS ON FOOT
- Corinth ABOUT 620 MI (990 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
- Cyrene ABOUT 810 MI (1,300 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
- Jerusalem ABOUT 1,400 MI (2,300 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.
14 PASSAGES · 3 BOOKS
WHAT HAPPENED HERE
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Paul preaching in Rome, under arrest AD 60-62
Acts ends without saying what happens to Paul. It ends by saying that he preached freely. That is the point of the whole book.
COORDINATES 41.8922, 12.4852
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ON WIKIDATA · Q220