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MAMERTINUM

 

The Mamertine Prison

The place where Paul and Peter were imprisoned in Rome.

 

It is assumed that Paul wrote 2 Timothy during his second imprisonment in Rome during Nero's reign. During his first imprisonment he was confined to house arrest - an honorable imprisonment accorded to prisoners of high status or to citizens accused of non-serious crimes. This time he was in a dungeon, where Onesiphorus had to search diligently to find him [[2 Tim. 1:17]. Because Paul was being treated like a common criminal, many were ashamed of him and of his chains [v. 15], and no longer wished to be associate with him; lest it soil their good names in society. / http://scholarscorner.com/museums/mamertin