Appii Forum
APPII-FORUM
Market place of Appius, a village or market town, founded by Appius Claudius on the great road (via Appia) which he constructed from Rome to Capua. It is most probably to be found in the present Casarillo di Santa Maria, situated forty miles from Rome, in the borders of the Pontine marshes, where are the remains of an ancient town. Three Taverns was a village about ten miles nearer Rome, Mal 28:15 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Appii Forum
See Appius, Market of.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Appii-forum
( , for the Lat. Appij Forum, market-place of Appius), a market-town I (with a so-called mansio) in Italy, 43 Roman miles from Rome (Itiner. Anton. p. 107, ed. Wessel; Itin. Hieros. p. 611), on the great road (via Appia) from I Rome to Brundusium, constructed by Appius Claudius (Suet. Tib. 2), and leading from Rome (by the Porta I Capena) through the Potine marshes (Hor. Sat. 1, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 10; Plin. 3, 9; 14:8). The remains of an ancient town, supposed to be Appii-Forum, are still preserved at a place called Casarillo di Santa Maria, on the border of the Pontine marshes (comp. Strabo, 5:233), and the 43d milestone is still extant (Chaupy, Maison d’Horace, 3, 387-452; Pratilli, Via Appia, p. 99, 100). Its vicinity to the marshes accounts for the badness of the water, as mentioned by Horace (Sat. 1, 5, 7), who describes it as full of taverns and boatmen. This arose from the circumstance that it was at the northern end of a canal which ran parallel with the road through a considerable part of the Pontine marshes. When 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 (Act 28:15). The Three Taverns were eight or ten miles nearer to Rome than Appii-Forum (Antonin. Itin.). 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 oh as far as Appii-Forum to meet Paul on the road (Conybeare and Howson, 2:359). The journey was undoubtedly along the Appian Way, remains of which are still extant. The Three Taverns (q.v.) was certainly a place for rest and refreshment (Cic. Attic. 2, 11, 13), perhaps on account of the bad water at Appii-Forum. It must be understood that Tres Tabernie was, in fact, the name of a town (comp. Theol. Annal. 1818, p. 88d sq.); for in the time of Constantine, Felix, bishop of Tres Tabernae, was one of the nineteen bishops who were appointed to decide the controversy between Donatus and Caecilianus (Optat. de Schism. Donat. 1, 26). As to the tabernae themselves, from which the place took its name, it is probable that they were shops (tabernae deversoria, Plaut. Trucul. 3, 2, 29) for the sale of all kinds of refreshments, rather than inns or places of entertainment for travelers. See generally Schwarz, Deforo Appii et trib. tabernis (Altdorf, 1746). SEE PAUL.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Appii Forum
i.e., “the market of Appius” (Acts 28:15, R.V.), a town on the road, the “Appian Way,” from Rome to Brundusium. It was 43 miles from Rome. Here Paul was met by some Roman Christians on his way to the capital. It was natural that they should halt here and wait for him, because from this place there were two ways by which travellers might journey to Rome.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Appii Forum
(Act 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.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Appii Forum
APPII FORUM.Act 28:15 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ; RV [Note: Revised Version.] The Market of Appius. See next article.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Appii Forum
api- forum, transliteration of Lat; APPIUS api-us, MARKET OF (Revised Version) ( , Appou phoron): 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, Rm. 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 Act 28:15).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Appii Forum
Appii-Forum, 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’ (Act 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.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Appii Forum
[Ap’pii For’um]
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. Act 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.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Appii-Forum
A market town in Italy.
Act 28:15
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Appii Forum
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. Act 28:15. There is no difficulty in identifying the site with some ruins near Treponti. See Taverns, The Three.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Appii Forum
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, Act 28:15.