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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.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Rhome Greek
  • Roma Latin

NAMES: PLEIADES, CC BY 3.0

Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Three Taverns Three Taverns Pamphylia PAMPHYLIA Macedonia MACEDONIA Libya LIBYA Judea JUDEA Italy ITALY Forum of Appius Forum of Appius Cyrene Cyrene Achaia ACHAIA Jerusalem Jerusalem Egypt EGYPT Corinth Corinth Rome Rome 200 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · FORUM OF APPIUS · THREE TAVERNS · ACHAIA AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Panorama of ruins at Rome.

Panorama of ruins at Rome.

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DISTANCES 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

Acts 10
Romans 3
2 Timothy 1

WHAT HAPPENED HERE

  1. 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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