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Rome

Capital of the Empire

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The capital of the Roman Empire and the center of its power and pagan worship.
Home to around a million people — from emperors to slaves.
A thriving church already existed here when Paul wrote the letter to the Romans.
Paul reached Rome about AD 60 — as a prisoner who had appealed to Caesar.
Soon after, a place of fierce persecution under the emperor Nero.

Illustrations are historically informed reconstructions, not photographs. Some details (e.g. Paul's later death in Rome) come from early church tradition.