I. Introduction

II. From Antioch to Philippi

1. Paul's itinerary at the beginning of his Second journey

2. From Troas to Philippi

a) Troas

b) Beyond Troas

III. Philippi

1. The city

2. The notice on Philippi in Acts 16,12 a

3. A Jewish community at Philippi

4. Lydia the purple-dye merchant

5. The exorcism

6. The apostles punished and released

a) Paul and Silas before the magistrates

b) The charges against the apostles

c) The punishment

d) Civis Romanus sum

IV. Thessalonica and Beroea

1. From Philippi to Thessalonica

2. Thessalonica

3. Jews at Thessalonica

4. Paul's activity at Thessalonica

5. dêmos and politarchai at Thessalonica

6. The charges against Paul and Silas

7. The action of the magistrates

8. Beroea

V. Athens

1. Athens in the time of St Paul

2. Jews at Athens

3. The characterisation of Athens and the Athenians in Acts

a) Athens as kateidôlos

b) The curiosity of the Athenians

c) Their piety

4. Paul in the Agora

a) Epicureans and Stoics

b) The word spermologos

c) Paul as a "propagandist for foreign divinities"

5. The Areopagus

6. The location of these events

7. The altar dedicated AGNÔSTÔ THEÔ

a) Archeological evidence

b) Literary evidence

c) Conclusions

VI. Corinth

1. Corinth in the time of St Paul

2. A Jewish community at Corinth

3. Aquila and Priscilla

a) Chronology

b) Prosopography

4. The Christian community at Corinth

5. Paul before Gallio

a) Gallio proconsul of Achaia

b) The tribunal

c) The trial before Gallio

6. From Achaia to Syria

a) Cenchreae

b) The vow

c) Phoebe of Cenchreae

VII. The Roman Empire in the Acts of the Apostles

1. The world of the Acts of the Apostles

2. Christianity and the empire in the Acts of the Apostles

VIII. Bibliography