Assos: A sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia, on the
north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium. Paul came hither on foot
along the Roman road from Troas
(Acts 20:13,14) a distance of 20
miles. It was about 30 miles distant from Troas by sea. The island
of Lesbos lay opposite it, about 7 miles distant.
