ALEXANDRIA TROAS (mod. Eski Stambul)  , an ancient Greek city of the Troad, situated on the west coast at nearly its middle point, a little south of Tenedos . It was built by Antigonus, perhaps about 310 B.C., and was called by him Antigonia Troas . Early in the next century the name was changed by Lysimachus to Alexandria Troas, in honour of Alexander's memory . As the chief port of north-west 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 miles, and were fortified with towers at regular intervals . Remains of some ancient buildings, including a bath and gymnasium, can be traced within this area . Trajan built an aqueduct which can still be traced . The harbour had two large basins, now almost choked with sand . A Roman colony was sent to the place, as Strabo mentions, in the reign of Augustus .

The abridged name "Troas" (Acts xvi . 8) was probably the current one in later Roman times . (D . G .