Philippi was an inland city in northern Greece, founded in the fourth century before the Christian Era. The Battle of Philippi fought on the plains west of the city is where Mark Antony and Julius Caesar’s, heir Octavius, later Caesar Augustus, defeated the assassins Brutus and Cassius’s army in the year forty-two Before the Christian Era. After the battle, the city became a Roman colony where soldiers were settled. It was governed under Roman law. It was a place of commerce. Greek and Latin were spoken. Here, Paul, accompanied by Silas and Timothy, gathered the first church community in Europe.[1]
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