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(troh ass) A city in northwest Asia Minor visited by Paul during his second and third missionary journeys (Acts 16:8 ,Acts 16:8,16:11; Acts 20:5-6; 2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13 ). Troas was founded before 300 B.C. by Antigonus, a successor of Alexander the Great and was located about ten miles south of the city of Troy. The emperor Augustus (31 B.C.—14 A.D.) made it a Roman colony. It served as an important seaport in the Roman Empire for those traveling between Asia Minor and Macedonia. Today, ruins of the city wall (about six miles in circumference), a theater, and an aqueduct remain. See Asia Minor; Paul .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Troas'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​t/troas.html. 1991.
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