It´uh-lee
The boot-shaped peninsula extending about 750 miles from the Alps into the western part of the Mediterranean Sea. By NT times, there were Jews living in Rome and elsewhere in Italy. Among those banished by a decree of Claudius (ca. 49 CE) were Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18:2). On his way to Rome, Paul sailed up the west coast from Rhegium to Puteoli, where he encountered fellow Christians, and others came out from Rome to welcome him along the Appian Way (Acts 27:1; Acts 28:13-16). “Those from Italy” sent greetings to the addressees of Hebrews (Heb 13:24). In Acts 10:1, Cornelius is identified as a centurion of the “Italian Cohort,” stationed in Caesarea.
