Three Taverns

Three Taverns appears once in Scripture as a way-station on the Appian Way south of Rome where the Christian community came out to greet Paul during his approach to imprisonment in the capital: "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 28:15). The site lay about thirty-three miles south of Rome at the modern Cisterna di Latina, a recognized stop on the Roman highway. The two reception parties (the first further south at Forum of Appius) signaled the depth of the Roman church's anticipation of the apostle's arrival.