Appii Forum

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ap'pii Fo'rum. (Market-Place Of Appius). A well-known station on the Appian Way, the great road which led from Rome to the neighborhood of the Bay of Naples.  Acts 28:15. There is no difficulty in identifying the site with some ruins near Treponti . See Taverns, The Three .

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

a place about fifty miles from Rome, near the modern town of Piperno on the road to Naples. It probably had its name from the statue of Appius Claudius, a Roman consul, who paved the famous way from Rome to Capua, and whose statue was set up here. To this place some Christians from Rome came to meet St. Paul,  Acts 28:15 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Station on the Appian Way, the main road from Rome to the Bay of Naples, where brethren went to meet Paul though 43 miles from Rome.  Acts 28:15 . The road was 18 to 22 feet wide, and parts of the ancient paving stones may still be seen. It was constructed by Appius Claudius, hence its name.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

( Acts 28:15.) A stage 48 miles from Rome, on the Appian Way, the road from Rome to the Bay of Naples. Here Christian brethren from Rome met Paul. Called from Appius Claudius, who constructed this part of the road. The site is still marked by ruins near Treponti.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Appii Forum .   Acts 28:15 AV [Note: Authorized Version.]; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘The Market of Appius.’ See next article.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Acts 28:15

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

See Appius, Market of.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ap´i - ı̄ fō´rum , transliteration of Lat; Appius ap´i - us , Market Of (Revised Version) (Ἀππίου φόρον , Appı́ou phóron ): Appi Forum ( Cicero ad Att . 2.10; Suetonius Tib . 2: Appii Forum; Vulgate Revised Verson: Forum Appi; Horace Satires i.5; Pliny, Nat. Hist. , iii.64; xiv.61; CIL , X, 6824), or Market of Appius, was a town situated at the forty-third milestone on the Appian Road (39 1/2 English miles from Rome, a single day's journey for energetic travelers) according to the imperial itineraries ( Ant. , 108; Hierosol . 611; Geog. Rav . 4.34). Its existence probably dates from the time of Appius Claudius Caecus (Suet. Tib . 2; compare Mommsen, Röm. Forsch. , I, 308), who laid out the famous highway from Rome to Capua in 312 bc. In the 1st century it had the rank of a municipality (Pliny, iii.64). Its importance as a highway station is due chiefly to the canal which ran by the side of the road from there to within a short distance of Tarracina (at the sixty-second milestone), affording an alternative means of conveyance (Strabo v.3.6). It was customary to cover this section of the journey, passing through the Pontine Marshes, by night in canal boats drawn by mules. Horace ( Sat . i.5) offers a lively picture of the discomforts of the trip, mentioning the importunate inn-keepers and intolerable drinking water at Appii Forum, the gnats and frogs which were enemies to repose, and the exasperating procrastination of the muleteer.

The Christian brethren in Rome went out along the Appian Road to welcome the apostle Paul upon hearing of his arrival at Puteoli. One party awaited him at three Taverns while another proceeded as far as Appii Forum  Acts 28:15 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ap´pii-Fo´rum, a market town in Italy, 43 Roman miles from Rome, on the great road from Rome to Brundusium, constructed by Appius Claudius. The remains of an ancient town, supposed to be Appii-Forum, are still observed at a place called Casarillo di Santa Maria, on the border of the Pontine marshes. When Saint Paul was taken to Italy, some of the Christians of Rome, being apprised of his approach, journeyed to meet him as far as 'Appii-Forum and the Three Taverns' ( Acts 28:15), a town eight or ten miles nearer to Rome than Appii-Forum. The 'Three Taverns' was certainly a place of rest and refreshment, probably on account of the badness of the water at Appii-Forum, and the probability is that some of the Christians remained at the 'Three Taverns,' where it was known the advancing party would rest, while some others went on as far as Appii-Forum to meet Paul on the road.