Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary RhegiumSmith's Bible Dictionary Rhegium(breach), an Italian town situated on the Bruttian coast, just at the southern entrance of the Straits of Messina. The name occurs in the account of St. Paul's voyage from Syracuse to Puteoli, after the shipwreck at Malta. (Acts 28:13) By a curious coincidence, the figures on its coin are the very "twin brothers" which gave the name to St. Paul's ship. It was originally a Greek colony; it was miserably destroyed by Dionysius of Syracuse. From Augustus it received advantages which combined with its geographical position in making it important throughout the duration of the Roman empire. The modern Reggio is a town of 10,000 inhabitants. Its distance across the straits from Messina is only about six miles. ATS Bible Dictionary RhegiumNow Reggio, capital of the province of Calabria Ultra, in the kingdom of Naples, on the coast near the south-west extremity of Italy, eight miles south-east of Messina in Sicily. The ship in which Paul was on his way to Rome touched here, Acts 28:13,14. Rhegium was a city of considerable note in ancient times. The modern city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1783, and now contains about eighteen thousand inhabitants. Easton's Bible Dictionary Breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Acts 28:13). It is now called Rheggio. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia RHEGIUMre-ji-um: This city (Rhegion] (Acts 28:13), the modern Reggio di Calabria) was a town situated on the east side of the Sicilian Straits, about 6 miles South of a point opposite Messana (Messina). Originally a colony of Chalcidian Greeks, the place enjoyed great prosperity in the 5th century B.C., but was captured and destroyed by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in 387 B.C., when all the surviving inhabitants were sold into slavery (Diodorus xiv. 106-8, 111, 112). The city never entirely recovered from this blow, althouah it was partially restored by the younaer Dionysius. On the occasion of the invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, the people of Rhegium had recourse to an alliance with Rome (280 B.C.) and received 4,000 Campanian troops within their walls, who turned out to be very unruly guests. For, in imitation of a similar band of mercenaries across the strait in Messana, they massacred the male inhabitants and reduced the women to slavery (Polybius i0.7; Orosius iv.3). They were not punished by the Romans until 270 B.C., when the town was restored to those of its former inhabitants who still survived. The people of Rhegium were faithful to their alliance with Rome during the Second Punic War (Livy xxiii0.3; xxiv. 1; xxvi0.12; xxix.6). At the time of the Social War they were incorporated with the Roman state, Rhegium becoming a municipality (Cicero Verr. v0.6; Pro Archia, 3). Greek 4484. Rhegion -- Rhegium, a city in southern Italy ... Rhegium, a city in southern Italy. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: Rhegion Phonetic Spelling: (hrayg'-ee-on) Short Definition: Rhegium Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4484.htm - 6k Library If any one Wishes to Hear the Arrangements for My Journey from ... Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Preface to Origen's Homilies on Numbers. Acts XXVIII Luke's Attitude Towards the Roman World Salutations. Conclusion. An Account of the Following Book to all Sorts of Readers. The Philosophy of the Christians More Ancient than that of the ... After the Wreck Letter cxlvi. To Evangelus. Thesaurus Rhegium (1 Occurrence)... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RHEGIUM. ... The people of Rhegium were faithful to their alliance with Rome during the Second Punic War (Livy xxiii0.3; xxiv. ... /r/rhegium.htm - 8k Rhe'gium (1 Occurrence) Rezon (3 Occurrences) Fetched (26 Occurrences) Dioscuri (1 Occurrence) Pute'oli (1 Occurrence) Blew (37 Occurrences) Circuitous (2 Occurrences) Compass (51 Occurrences) Circuit (27 Occurrences) Resources Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible ThesuarusConcordance Rhegium (1 Occurrence)Acts 28:13 Subtopics Rhegium: Visited by Paul on the Way to Rome Related Terms |