Paul Marches the Final Stages of the Appian Way From Puteoli to Rome

Acts 28:11-16 records the final stages of Paul's prisoner-journey to Rome. After landing at Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli), Paul spent seven days with Christian brothers there before marching north under Roman guard along the great Appian Way: "And so we went toward Rome. And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage" (Acts 28:14-15). The two named meeting points (43 and 33 miles from Rome) are the southernmost reach of the imperial Christian community.

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