Troad

Historical name of the Turkish Biga Peninsula

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Troad

Ancient region of Anatolia

Part of the walls of Troy

Location| Northwestern Anatolia, Turkey
Historical capital| Troy
(modern-day Tevfikiye, Çanakkale Province, Turkey)
Roman province| Asia
A map of the Troad (Troas) Troas among the classical regions of Anatolia. Troas is at upper left, south of Thracia, west of Mysia.

The Troad (/ˈtroʊˌæd/ or /ˈtroʊəd/; Greek: Τρωάδα, Troáda) or Troas (/ˈtroʊəs/; Ancient Greek: Τρῳάς, Trōiás or Τρωϊάς, Trōïás) is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula (Turkish: Biga Yarımadası) in the Çanakkale Province of modern Turkey. Bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest, by the Aegean Sea to the west and separated from the rest of Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida, the Troad is drained by two main rivers, the Scamander (Karamenderes) and the Simoeis, which join at the area containing the ruins of Troy.

## History

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The Troad is first mentioned by that name in Hittite records as Taruiša.[1] This identification was first put forth by Emil Forrer, but largely disputed by most Hittite experts until 1983 when Houwink ten Cate showed that two fragments were from the same original cuneiform tablet and in his discussion of the restored letter showed that Taruiša and Wiluša (Troy) were correctly placed in northwestern Anatolia.[2]

Greek settlements flourished in Troas during the Archaic and Classical ages, as evidenced by the number of Greek poleis that coined money in their own names.[3]

The region was part of the satrapy (province) of Hellespontine Phrygia of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great. After this it fell to the Diadoch Seleucid Empire, and then passed to Rome's ally, the kingdom of Pergamon. The Attalid kings of Pergamon (now Bergama) later ceded Mysia, including the territory of the Troad, to the Roman Republic, on the death of King Attalus III in 133 BC.

Under the Roman Empire, the territory of the Troad became part of the province of Asia, and later of the smaller Mysian province Hellespontus; it was important enough to have suffragan bishoprics, including Pionia (now Avcılar).

Under the later Byzantine Empire, it was included in the thema of the Aegean Islands.

Following its conquest by the Ottoman Empire, the Troad formed part of the sanjak of Biga.

## New Testament

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The apostles Paul and Silas first visited Troas during their journey from Galatia to Macedonia.[4] Paul also referred to Troas when he asked his fellow evangelist Timothy out of Ephesus, to bring the cloak he had left there,[5] a journey of about 500 kilometres (310 mi). The changes from the story, being recounted as "they" to "we" in Acts 16 and Acts 20, imply that Paul was joined by Luke when he went through Troas.[6]

## See also

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* Acts of Apostles
* Alexandria Troas
* Ancient regions of Anatolia
* List of traditional Greek place names

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ R. S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, p. 1511.
2. ^ Bryce, Trevor (November 1989). "AHHIYAWANS AND MYCENAEANS - AN ANATOLIAN VIEWPOINT". Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 8 (3): 297–310\. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1989.tb00207.x. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
3. ^ asiaminorcoins.com - Troas
4. ^ Acts 16:8 and 2 Corinthians 2:12
5. ^ 2 Timothy 4:13.
6. ^ Acts 20:5

### General and cited references

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* Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Troy and Troad" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 314–318.
* van Rookhuijzen, Jan Zacharias (2017). "How not to Appease Athena: A Reconsideration of Xerxes' Purported Visit to the Troad (Hdt. 7.42–43)". Klio. 99 (2): 464–484\. doi:10.1515/klio-2017-0033.
* Trevor R. Bryce. Chapter 14, "The Trojan War: Myth or Reality" in The Kingdom of the Hittites. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-924010-8

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Troas.

* Along the Troad Coast travel guide from Wikivoyage

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Historical regions of Anatolia

* Aeolis
* Bithynia
* Cappadocia
* Caria
* Cilicia
* Doris
* Galatia
* Ionia
* Isauria
* Lycaonia
* Lycia
* Lydia
* Mysia
* Pamphylia
* Paphlagonia
* Phrygia
* Pisidia
* Pontus
* Troad

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Peninsulas of Turkey

Main peninsulas|

* Anadolu (Anatolia)
* Trakya (Thrace)

Peninsulas in Thrace|

* Çatalca
* Gelibolu (Gallipoli)

Peninsulas in Anatolia|

* Boztepe
* Kocaeli
* Armutlu
* Kapıdağ
* Biga
* Karaburun
* Güvercin
* Dilek
* Bodrum
* Datça
* Kapıdağ (Muğla)
* Bozburun
* Çukurbağ
* Küdür
* Teke

Related geographical features|

* Capes of Turkey
* Bays of Turkey

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Journeys of Paul the Apostle

First journey|

* 1\. Antioch
* 2\. Seleucia
* 3\. Cyprus
* 3a. Salamis
* 3b. Paphos
* 4\. Perga
* 5\. Antioch of Pisidia
* 6\. Iconium
* 7\. Derbe
* 8\. Lystra
* 9\. Attalea
* 10\. Antioch (returns to beginning of journey)

Second journey|

* 1\. Cilicia
* 2\. Derbe
* 3\. Lystra
* 4\. Phrygia
* 5\. Galatia
* 6\. Mysia (Alexandria Troas)
* 7\. Samothrace
* 8\. Neapolis
* 9\. Philippi
* 9\. Amphipolis
* 10\. Apollonia
* 11\. Thessalonica
* 12\. Beroea
* 13\. Athens
* 14\. Corinth
* 15\. Cenchreae
* 16\. Ephesus
* 17\. Syria
* 18\. Caesarea
* 19\. Jerusalem
* 20\. Antioch

Third journey|

* 1\. Galatia
* 2\. Phrygia
* 3\. Ephesus
* 4\. Macedonia
* 5\. Corinth
* 6\. Cenchreae
* 7\. Macedonia (again)
* 8\. Troas
* 9\. Assos
* 10\. Mytilene
* 11\. Chios
* 12\. Samos
* 13\. Miletus
* 14\. Cos
* 15\. Rhodes
* 16\. Patara
* 17\. Tyre
* 18\. Ptolemais
* 19\. Caesarea
* 20\. Jerusalem

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