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PUTEOLI

(Gk. Potioloi; Lat. Puteoli)

A major port on the Gulf of Naples (modern Pozzuoli), W of Naples. Founded in the 6th century b.c.e. as the Greek colony Dicaearchia, it later flourished as a Roman colony of ca. 65 thousand residents and was the main port of entry for large ships bringing grain to Rome from the East. Josephus mentions a sizable Jewish population (Ant. 17.328; 18.160), and Paul spent seven days there with local Christians en route to Rome (Acts 28:13-14). This cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial city boasted several of the oriental cults (e.g., Serapis) as well as the normal imperial worship during the 1st century c.e.

Kent L. Yinger






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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