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Sonia Halliday Photographs
How Prisca and Aquila first came to Rome is unknown, but their Latin names suggest that they may have been freed slaves of a great Roman family (see photo of the Catacomb of Priscilla). After moving to Corinth and then Ephesus, where they lived for many years, they returned to Rome, probably in spring of 55 (after the death of Claudius in the autumn of 54). There they created a new church within their home (Romans 16:5) and prepared the way for Paul’s intended arrival (Romans 1:10–13, 15:24).