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# General Information:
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Adramyttium was a city possibly located on the west coast of modern-day Turkey. The word "we" includes the author of Acts, Paul, and the others traveling with Paul, but not the reader. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul, as a prisoner, begins his journey to Rome.
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# When it was decided
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "When the king and the governor decided" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# sail for Italy
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Italy is the name of the province Rome was in. See how you translated "Italy" in [Acts 18:2 ](../18/02.md ).
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# they committed Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Augustan company of soldiers.
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"they put a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment, in charge of Paul and some other prisoners"
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# they committed
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Possible meanings are that 1) "they" refers to the governor and the king or 2) "they" refers to other Roman officials.
# a centurion named Julius
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Julius is a man's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# the Augustan company of soldiers
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This was a group of about 600 soldiers. Some versions translate the word Augustan as "Imperial" or "emperor's." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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