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	ALEXANDRIA (LA.) - LoveToKnow Article on ALEXANDRIA (LA.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandria was named in honor of Alexander Fulton, on whose grant from Spain the first settlement was made in ^785; it was first incorporated as a town in 1818 and received a city charter in 1882.
		Alexandria is connected with BONHILL, on the opposite bank of the river, by a bridge which replaced in 1898 one bought three years earlier by the county council from the Smollett family, who have been closely associated with the district since the time of Sir James Smollett, the novelist's grandfather.
		Alexandria is served by the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Southern and the Washington Southern railways; by the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway; and by several lines of river and coasting steamboats.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALEXANDRIA_LA_.htm (1298 words)

	Troas
		trō´as (Τρῳάς, Trōas): The chief city in the Northwest of Asia Minor, on the coast of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia.
		The name Troas was not confined to the town itself, but it was also applied to the surrounding district, or to that part of the coast which is now generally known as the Troad.
		In 133 BC Troas came into the possession of the Romans, and later, during the reign of Augustus, it was made a Roman colonia, independent of the Roman governor of the province of Asia.
	holycall.com /biblemaps/troas.htm (619 words)

	Troas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Troas (Troad; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an ancient region in the northwestern part of Anatolia, bounded by the Hellespont to the northwest, the Aegean Sea to the west, and separated from the rest of Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida.
		It is drained by two rivers, the Scamander (modern Karamenderes) and the Simois, which join at the area containing the ruins of Troy.
		As of 2005, Troas is part of the Turkish province of Canakkale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Troas (349 words)

	Alexandria Troas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Early in the next century the name was changed by Lysimachus to Alexandria Troas, in memory of Alexander the Great (Pliny, N.H. 5.124 merely states that the name changed from Antigonia to Alexandria).
		Several of its later bishops are known: Marinus in 325; Niconius in 344; Sylvanus at the beginning of the fifth century; Pionius in 451; Leo in 787; Peter, friend of the Patriarch Ignatius, and adversary to Michael, in the ninth century.
		In the tenth century Troas is given as a suffragan of Cyzicus and distinct from the famous Troy (Gelzer, Ungedruckte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandria_Troas (488 words)

	Alexander the Great: the towns
		Alexandria in Aria: perhaps, the Arian capital Artacoana was repopulated with natives and Macedonian veterans in September 330.
		Alexandria in Arachosia: the Arachosian capital Kapisa was repopulated with natives and Macedonian veterans in the winter of 330/329.
		Alexandria in Margiana: refoundation of a Persian city in the oasis of Mary in modern Turkmenistan.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander_z2.html (824 words)

	Macedonia
		(tro'-as) (Troas): The chief city in the Northwest of Asia Minor, on the coast of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia.
		Troas was situated about 16 kilometers (ten miles) southwest of Hissarlik, the ruins of ancient Troy.
		At Troas, on his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul saw a vision of a "man of Macedonia" inviting him to preach the gospel of Christ in Europe (Acts 16:8-9).
	www.pilgrimtours.com /greece/info/troas.htm (830 words)

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		The dates of his birth and death are unknown; conjecture places them between the 2d cent....
		Alexandria Troas, (tro´as) (KEY), ancient Greek seaport city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, called Troas in the Bible.
		A.D. 444, patriarch of Alexandria (412-44), doctor of the church, known for his animosity toward heretics...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=alexandria (238 words)

	Troas
		The city was first called Sigia; it was enlarged and embellished by Antigonus, who peopled it with inhabitants drawn from other cities, and surnamed it Antigonia Troas (Strabo, 604, 607); it was finally enlarged by Lysimachus, who called it Alexandria Troas (Strabo, 593; Pliny, V, 124).
		For having remained faithful to the Romans during their war against Antiochus, Troas was favoured by them (Titus Livius, XXXV, 42; XXXVII, 35); it became afterwards Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas.
		Several of its bishops are known: Marinus in 325, Niconius in 344, Sylvanus at the beginning of the fifth century; Pionius in 451, Leo in 787, Peter, friend of the patriarch Ignatius, and Michael, his adversary, in the ninth century.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/t/troas.html (362 words)

	Ancient coins of Troas
		The goddess on its coins is doubtless the Artemis Astyrene, whose temple in a grove at the neighbouring Astyra was under the administration of Antandrus (B. Troas, p.
		Assus (Bekhram), a flourishing stronghold of southern Troas, incor- porated with the kingdom of Pergamum in B.C. Athena Polias was the principal goddess (B. Troas, p.
		Its coins chiefly date from the period B.C. 355-334, when the Athenian general Chares, son of Theochares, was despot of the place, and the types of the coins are unmistakably Athenian.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/troas.html (1899 words)

	HobbyBlog
		The same scene as yesterday, this one from Alexandria Troas, which used a variety of reverses, not just horses.
		Alexandria Troas and the area around it was horse country and, like other horse-rearing cities, they frequently portrayed the animals on their coins.
		This from Alexandria Troas, which had colony status, which was frequently extended to cities central to regions where former Roman soldiers had settled on state-provided land.
	hobbyblog.blogspot.com /2004_01_25_hobbyblog_archive.html (566 words)

	Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Renamed Alexandria by Lysimachos, King of Thrace, after the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC.
		In the 3rd century BC it passed to the kingdom of Pergamon and later to the rule of Rome, maintaining a certain autonomy and some privileges on account of its harbour.
		Inside the extensive fortified enceinte a few remains of Roman public buildings, such as a Doric temple, thermae and the theatre built by Herodes Atticus (AD 103-177) are preserved.
	www.ypai.gr /atlas/thesi_uk.asp?idthesis=105 (121 words)

	Holy Land Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandria Troas was an Aegean seaport located in northwestern Turkey.
		The term "Troas" was added to "Alexandria" in order to distinguish it from other cities named "Alexandria." It was here, on Paul's second missionary journey, that in a vision he received a call to proceed to Europe (Acts 16:8—11).
		Alexandria Troas is huge — about 1,000(!) acres [405 ha.] in size.
	www.holylandphotos.org /browse.asp?SiteID=58 (245 words)

	Alexandria Troas - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandria Troas, modern Dalyanköy in Turkey, was almost certainly founded in 306 BC by Antigonus Monophthalmus, who forced the population of at least six villages to settle in the new city.
		When the Romans had defeated the Seleucid king Antiochus III the Great in the Syrian war, Alexandria Troas was declared free and autonomous (188).
		Julius Caesar gave Alexandria the priviliges of a colonia.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Alexandria_Troas (186 words)

	AllRefer.com - Troas (Ancient History, Greece) - Encyclopedia
		Traversed by Mt. Ida (Kaz Dagi) and strategically located on the Hellespont (Dardanelles), it was involved in various struggles to control the straits.
		Troas was the scene of the events of the Iliad and was an ancient center of Aegean civilization.
		For the Troas of the Bible, see Alexandria Troas.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Troas.html (185 words)

	Footsteps Day 8, School of Leadership Studies, Virginia Beach, VA
		Because of its proximity to Troy, the city was renamed Alexandria Troas.
		During Hellenistic times, the city grew as a commercial and transportation center and developed into one of the most important cities in the Greco-Roman World because of its command of the western entrance to the Hellespont.
		Christianity came early to Troas with Paul traveling to the city on at least two or three occasions.
	www.regent.edu /acad/sls/footsteps/2005/turkey/day8.htm (295 words)

	GLOSSARY
		The horn, of the goat which suckled the infant Zeus, was shown overflowing with ears of corn and fruit, to express the idea of prosperity.
		A city in Troas located on the Gulf of Adramytteion between Antandros and Assos.
		South of Troas, and west off the coast of Mysia, Lesbos is the largest island off the coast of western Asia Minor in the Mediterranean Sea.
	www.bagfulofcoins.com /glossary.htm (2545 words)

	Canakkale, Troy, Assos, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		The temple of Athena built on the highest points of the hill, the bouleterion, consisting of statuettes, small monumental buildings, and the gymnasium the theatre stoa and the necropolis from Roman period, and the agora are the finest examples of the period.
		Having the ruins of the Alexandria Troas and Neandria cities, the district is one of the most important settlement centers.
		An ancient harbor city, Alexandria Troas in Dalyan town, Neandria having its interesting ramparts and towers on the mountain of Cion near Kiyica town are the important ruins for the district.
	www.adiyamanli.org /canakkale.html (1947 words)

	Alexandria Troas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Stopping at Troas, Paul appeared to desire to turn north into the regions of upper Galatia, but received the vision of the “Macedonian Man” at Troas.
		Years later he returned to Troas from his more than two year stay in Ephesus (Acts 19:8,10) toward the end of the Third Mission Journey, before continuing on to Assos.
		Some suggest that Paul’s urgent request to return a cloak he left in Troas (2 Timothy 4:13) may have reflected that Paul’s departure from the city was hurried.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /Tours/Interest/Biblicals/alexandria_troas.htm (330 words)

	Alexandria Troas : Information and resources about Alexandria Troas : School Work Guru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexandria Troas : Information and resources about Alexandria Troas : School Work Guru
		It was built by Antigonus, perhaps about 310 BC, 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.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/a/al/alexandria_troas.html (320 words)

	ScienceDaily: Alexandria troas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	Alexandria Troas
		Alexandria Troas, Assos and Troy are all on the Northern Aegean coast of Turkey between Çannakale and Izmir.
		It was a major sea port in NW Asia Minor and the port to cross over to Neapolis in Macedonia for the land route to Rome.
		Mentioned six times in the bible it is the place, on his second missionary journey, where Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Acts 16.9, which was the first time that Paul preached the gospel in Europe (Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens).
	www.imagesoftheworld.org /Ephesus/troas.html (499 words)

	Troas Wikipedia: Troaswikipedia Free Encyclopedia's Article On 'troas' Troas (troad): Ancient Region I
		Troas is a very special place to visit when he finally arrived in Troas.
		The city of Troas, situated on the northwestern edge of Asia Minor, has considerable historical significance For the Apostle Paul, Troas held many memories, for it was here that.
		Troas - a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor 13).
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	rogueclassicism: Roman Bathing Establishment to be Excavated (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Herodes Atticus Hamam, situated in Çanakkale's ancient ruins of Alexandria Troas, is believed to be the largest bath from the Roman era in Anatolia and is just waiting to be unearthed.
		The ancient city of Antigoneia was built by Antigonos Monoftalmos (one-eyed Antigonos) at the end of the fourth century B.C. It was rebuilt by Lysimakos at the beginning of the third century B.C. and renamed Alexandria Troas in honor of Alexander the Great.
		Based on Roman texts, Alexandria Troas was visited by Julius Cesar and deemed important enough to be declared a capital city.
	www.atrium-media.com /rogueclassicism/Posts/00001388.html (472 words)

	Letter to Philippians POUNDS PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY NOTES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Troas was a seaport located in the northwest corner of Asia Minor.
		Troas was the whole country of the Trojans, the province where the ancient city of Troy had stood.
		It was in Troas that the series of divine prohibitions gave way to a positive direction in the form of a vision seen in the night by Paul.
	www.abideinchrist.com /messages/philbkgnd.html (7638 words)

	Troas
		Traversed by Mt. Ida (Kaz Daği) and strategically located on the Hellespont (Dardanelles), it was involved in various struggles to control the straits.
		Troas was the scene of the events of the
		Alexandria Troas - Alexandria Troas, ancient Greek seaport city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, called Troas in the Bible.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0849462.html (166 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Troas
		He mentions his sojourn there (2 Corinthians 2:12), and he asks Timotheus to bring him his cloak and his books which he had left with Carpus (2 Timothy 4:13).
		In the tenth century Troas is given as a suffragan of Cyzicus and distinct from the famous Ilium (Gelzer, "Ungedruckte.
		"I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ." II Cor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15063c.htm (387 words)

	Vincent's NT Word Studies - 2Corinthians 2
		Bengel remarks: "The whole epistle is an itinerary." The fact is another illustration of the strong personal feeling which marks the letter.
		It was founded by Antigonos, one of the successors of Alexander the Great, and originally called by him Antigonia Troas.
		It was finished by Lysimachus, another of Alexander's generals, and called by him Alexandria Troas.
	www.godrules.net /library/vincent/vincent2cor2.htm (1588 words)

	Kavala
		They preached in various cities of Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia (modern day Turkey), and then Troad, associated with the Trojan war, Troad had been in the possession of the Romans since 189 BC.
		Acts 16:11 “We sailed from Troas and made a straight run to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis.” We did not visit Samothrace, the ancient ruins are on the north coast of the island.
		Samothrace is an exceptionally mountainous island near the coast of Thrace.
	www.wdbydana.com /kavala.htm (743 words)

	SOTO, FERDINANDO DE - LoveToKnow Article on SOTO, FERDINANDO DE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		SOSIOEKES, Greek astronomer and mathematician, probably of Alexandria, flourished in the ist century B.C. According to Pliny (Nat.
		He wrote a work on Revolving Spheres, from which some important extracts have been preserved in Simplicius's commentary on Aristotle's De caelo (the subject is fully discussed by T. Martin, " Sur deux Sosigene," in Annales de lafac.
		For a violent attack on the king, on the occasion of his marriage to his own sister Arsinoe, Sotades was imprisoned, but escaped to the island of Caunus, where he was afterwards captured by Patro-clus, Ptolemy's admiral, shut up in a leaden chest, and thrown into the sea (Athenaeus xiv.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SO/SOTO_FERDINANDO_DE.htm (1546 words)

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