Cebrene – also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin, and for a time called Alexandria (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια) and Antiochia in Troad (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Τρωάδας) – was an ancient city in the Troad, a region of northwest Anatolia. The ruins of the city are situated on the Simois river, a left tributary of the Scamander (now the Karamenderes) river, approximately 10 km south of Bayramiç in Canakkale Province, in the Asian part of Turkey. Cebrene was also the name of a river which flows into the Simois at Cebrene. Cebrene is named either for the river god Cebren or for the charioteer of Trojan War hero Hector. The city was renamed Alexandria in honor of the conqueror in approximately 300 BC. After the death of Antigonus in 281 BC, the city was taken...
