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How did Romans reach the people for whom it was intended? There is widespread agreement that Phoebe was the bearer of the letter (Rom. 16:1-2), but little investigation of or agreement about the exact nature of her responsibilities. By exploring the data available to us, especially that found in Romans 16, this essay provides a reconstruction of the events surrounding the transport and delivery of the letter to the Roman Christians. In particular, it proposes the following: · Phoebe conveyed the letter to Rome, probably by sea; · the church in Rome at this time consisted of house-churches; · Phoebe was to deliver the letter first to Prisca and Aquila and their house-church; · Prisca and Aquila were to convene an assembly of the whole Christian community, the first for some time, at which Romans was to be received and read; · Prisca and Aquila were to be asked to arrange for copies of Romans to be made; · Phoebe was to deliver these copies to other house-churches; and Phoebe was to read Romans in the way that Paul had coached her at each of the gatherings to which she took it.