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ALEXANDRIA TROAS (mod. Eski Stambul) , an ancient Greek city of the Troad, situated on the west coast
south
century the name was changed by Lysimachus to Alexandria
chief
Asia
Minor , the place prospered greatly in Roman times, and the existing remains sufficiently attest its former importance. Thence St Paul sailed for Europe for the first time, and there occurred later the episode of the raising of Eutychus (Acts xx. 5-12). The site is now covered with valonia oaks, and has been much plundered, e.g by Mahommed IV., who took columns to adorn his new Valideh mosque in Stambul; but the circuit of the old walls can be traced, and in several places they are fairly well preserved. They had a circumference of about six English
regular
Augustus
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