Peter's Sojourn in Rome

It is not my intention in this brief note to discuss the fact of Peter’s presence in Rome. That he found his way thither in the latter part of his life, and met his death there, is now so generally recognized among scholars that it would be gratuitous to argue the matter. But though the fact itself may be regarded as established, the date of the apostle’s arrival in Rome and the length of his stay there demand, it seems to me, renewed investigation.