The Apostle Paul In Rome: From Arrival To The First Trial
The article proves that the group of prisoners, which included the apostle, was led by a centurion of one of the cohorts of the Roman garrison of Judea, which was recruited from local residents. Upon arrival in Rome and before the trial the further fate of St. Paul was ordered by the commandant of the Praetorian camp (stratopedarches). The preferential conditions of the apostle's imprisonment allowed him to count on a favorable result of his appeal to the emperor. St. Paul used a two-year stay in Rome to spread the doctrine of Christ. Among his listeners there were employees of the Imperial Palace including soldiers of the Praetorian Guard.