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APPII FORUM

ap'-i-i fo'-rum, transliteration of Lat; APPIUS ap'-i-us, MARKET OF (Revised Version) (Appiou phoron): Appi Forum Cicero ad Att. 20.1; Suetonius Tib. 2: Appii Forum; Vulgate Revised Verson: Forum Appi; Horace Satires i0.5; Pliny, Nat. Hist., iii0.64; xiv0.61; 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, Rom. Forsch., I, 308), who laid out the famous highway from Rome to Capua in 312 B.C. 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 v0.3.6). 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).

George H. Allen

FORUM

fo'-rum:

the King James Version Appii Forum (Acts 28:15), is in the Revised Version (British and American) Market of Appius (see APPII FORUM).

Greek

5410. phoron -- forum, market
... forum, market. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phoron Phonetic Spelling:
(for'-on) Short Definition: Forum, Market Definition: (of Latin origin ...
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675. Appiou Phoron -- Market of Appius, the name of a city south ...
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Appiou Phoron Phonetic Spelling:
(ap'-pee-os) Short Definition: Appius Definition: the township Appi Forum on the ...
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58. agora -- an assembly, place of assembly
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: agora Phonetic Spelling: (ag-or-ah')
Short Definition: market-place Definition: market-place, forum, public place of ...
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Library

Letter cviii. To Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii.
... CVIII. To Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii. To Theodore, Bishop of Forum
Julii. Leo, the bishop, to Theodore, bishop of Forum Julii. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cviii to theodore bishop.htm

Description of Pilate's Palace and the Adjacent Buildings.
... and an entrance at the north, south, east, and west sides alone broke the uniformity
of this part of the market-place, which was called the forum, and built on ...
/.../chapter xvi description of pilates.htm

Constantinople
... the city. It covered the hill on which Constantine had pitched his tent,
and he chose it as the site of his principal forum. The ...
/.../chapter xvii constantinople.htm

An Exhortation to the People Respecting Fortitude and Patience...
... The forum is indeed empty, but the church is filled; the former supplies material
for melancholy, the latter is an occasion of joy and spiritual gladness! ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily iv an exhortation to.htm

Spoken in Antioch in the Old Church, as it was Called...
... As bees buzzing around their hive, so before this the inhabitants every day flitted
about the forum, and all pronounced us happy in being so numerous. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ii spoken in antioch.htm

The Scourging of Jesus.
... The guards were therefore ordered to conduct him through the midst of the furious
multitude to the forum, which they did with the utmost brutality, at the same ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxii the scourging of.htm

The African Rome
... The Forum was at the foot of the hill, probably in the neighbourhood of the
ports"a Forum built and arranged in the Roman way, with its shops of bankers and ...
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His Murdered Father's Head
... he was walking home with Eutyches from a rowing excursion on the Bosporus, when
they saw a crowd of people assembling in the colonnade of the Forum, and were ...
/.../chapter xxxvi his murdered fathers.htm

Of the Power of Making Laws. The Cruelty of the Pope and his ...
... 3. Many are greatly puzzled with this question, from not distinguishing, with
sufficient care, between what is called the external forum and the forum of ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 of the power.htm

Acts XXVIII
... (15) "And the brethren, having heard from that place concerning us, came
out to meet us as far as Appii Forum and Three Taverns. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxviii.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

2. (n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.

Thesaurus

Forum (1 Occurrence)
... APPII FORUM. ap'-ii fo'-rum, transliteration of Lat; APPIUS ap'-i-us, MARKET
OF (Revised Version) (Appiou phoron): Appi Forum Cicero ad Att. ...
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Appii-forum (1 Occurrence)
Appii-forum. Appii, Appii-forum. Appius . Multi-Version Concordance
Appii-forum (1 Occurrence). Acts 28:15 And from ...
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Appii (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Appii Forum: Ie, "the Market of Appius" (Acts 28:15, RV),
a town on the road, the "Appian Way," from Rome to Brundusium. ... APPII FORUM. ...
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Taverns (1 Occurrence)
... Tripontium, 6 miles down the Appian Road in the direction of Appii Forum, was reckoned
as the point where the highway entered the region of the Pontiac marshes ...
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Mart (2 Occurrences)
... 6:56; Mark 7:4; Mark 12:38 Luke 7:32; Luke 11:43; Luke 20:46 Acts 16:19; Acts
17:17; "Market of Appius" in Acts 28:15 means, probably, "street" (see APPII FORUM...
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Marketplace (8 Occurrences)
... 6:56; Mark 7:4; Mark 12:38 Luke 7:32; Luke 11:43; Luke 20:46 Acts 16:19; Acts
17:17; "Market of Appius" in Acts 28:15 means, probably, "street" (see APPII FORUM...
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Market (24 Occurrences)
... 6:56; Mark 7:4; Mark 12:38 Luke 7:32; Luke 11:43; Luke 20:46 Acts 16:19; Acts
17:17; "Market of Appius" in Acts 28:15 means, probably, "street" (see APPII FORUM...
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Forty-two (15 Occurrences)
Forty-two. Forty-three, Forty-two. Forum . Multi-Version Concordance
Forty-two (15 Occurrences). ... Forty-three, Forty-two. Forum . Reference Bible.
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Three (5005 Occurrences)
... Tripontium, 6 miles down the Appian Road in the direction of Appii Forum, was reckoned
as the point where the highway entered the region of the Pontiac marshes ...
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Philippi (8 Occurrences)
... condition convinced her masters that all prospect of further gain was gone, and
they therefore seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the forum before the ...
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Bible Concordance

Forum (1 Occurrence)

Acts 28:15 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.
(KJV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Forum

Related Terms

Appii-forum (1 Occurrence)

Appii (1 Occurrence)

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Mart (2 Occurrences)

Marketplace (8 Occurrences)

Market (24 Occurrences)

Forty-two (15 Occurrences)

Three (5005 Occurrences)

Philippi (8 Occurrences)