Places where Christianity is claimed to have existed prior to c. 180 CE (based on Harnack, Mission 2, 91ff.) PALESTINE (ISRAEL), ARABIA, SYRIA (West and East) Jerusalem Ac 1, Gal 1.18 Judea region Ac 8.1, Gal 1.22 Samaria & region Ac 8.1+5+25 Sharon Plain Ac 8.40,9.35 Azotus Ac 8.40 Lydda Ac 9.32 Joppa Ac 9.36 Caesarea Maritima Ac 8.40,10.48 Galilee region Ac 9.31 Pella Eus HE 3.5 Phoenecia region Ac 11.19,15.3 Ptolemais Ac 21.7 Tyre Ac 21.3 Sidon Ac 27.3 Damascus Ac 9.2 Arabia regions Gal 1.17 Antioch/Syria Ac 11.19,13.1 Antioch/Syr region Ac 15.23+41,Ign Phld 10 Seleucia (Ac 13.4) AcPaul Edessa JulAf, BarDaisan Mesopotamia/Tigris India region Egypt region Iren AH 1.10 Alexandria CYPRUS, ASIA MINOR (ANATOLIA) Cyprus region Ac 11.19 Salamis/Cyprus Ac 13.5 Paphos/Cyprus Ac 13.6 Cappadocia region 1Pt 1.1 Melitene/Cappadoc EH 5.7 Caesarea/Cappadoc ClAl Galatia region Gal, 1Pt 1.1 Ancyra/Galatia EH 6.16 Bithynia-Pontus rg 1Pt 1.1,Pliny Sinope/Pontus Hippol ap EpiphHer 42.1 Amastris/Pontus DionysCor ap EH 4.23 Nicomedia/Bithynia DionysCor ap EH 4.23 Cilicia region Ac 15.23+41 Tarsus Ac 9.25 Perga/Pamphilia Ac 13.13,14.25 Antioch/Pisidia Ac 13.14 Philomelium/Pisid MPoly Laranda/Isauria Iconium/Lycaonia Ac 13.51,14.1 Lystra/Lycaonia Ac 14.6+8 Derbe/Lycaonia Ac 14.6+20 Otrus/Phrygia ap EH 5.16 Hieropolis/Phrygia InscrAbercius Pepuza/Phrygia Apollon ap EH 5.18 Tymion/Phrygia Apollon ap EH 5.18 Apamea/Phrygia EH 5.16 Cumane/Phrygia EH 5.16 Eumenea/Phrygia EH 5.16 Synnada/Phrygia [EH 6.19, 7.7] Hierapolis/Phrygia Col 4.13 Ardabau/Mysia-Phr ap EH 5.16 Asia Minor region Iren ap EusEH 5.24 Ephesus Ac 18.19, 1C 15.32, Rev Colossae Col 1.2 Laodicea Col 4.13 Smyrna Rev Smyrna region Iren ap EusEH 5.20.8 Sardis Rev Philadelphia/Lydia Rev Magnesia Ign Tralles/Caria Ign Thyatira/Lydia Rev Pergamum Rev Troas (Ac 16.8), 2C 2.12 Parium/Mysia AcOnesiph GREECE, CRETE Debeltum/Thrace Serap ap EH 5.19 Anchialus/Thrace Serap ap EH 5.19 Philippi/Macedonia Ac 16.40 Phlp 1.1 Thessalonica Ac 17.10 1Th 1.1 Berea/Macedonia Ac 17.13 Larissa/Thessaly Melito ap EH 4.26 Nicopolis/Epirus Tit 3.12 Same/Cephallenia ClAl Str 3.2.5 Athens Ac 17.34 1Th 3.1 Corinth Ac 18.1 1C 1.1 Cenchreae (Ac 18.18) Rm 16.1 Lacedaemon/Achaia DionysCor ap EH 4.23 Crete region Tit Cnossus/Crete DionysCor ap EH 4.23 Gortyna/Crete DionysCor ap EH 4.23 Illyricum region Rm 15.19 Dalmatia region 2Tm 4.10 ITALY, WESTERN REGIONS, NORTH AFRICA Rome Ac 28.15 Rm 1.7 Rev Puteoli Ac 28.13 Naples catacombs "Greater Greece" ClAl Str 1.1.11 Syracuse/Sicily catacombs German region Iren Gaul region Iren Lyons Iren, EH 5.1f. Vienne EH 5.1f. Spain region Iren Carthage [Tert] Madaura/Numidia martyrs Scilium/N.Africa martyrs //end//