Apollonia

There have been several places called Apollonia:

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• An ancient Greek city in Illyria near to the sea and the river Vjosa, 12 km from Fier, Albania. Apollonia was a local hub for travelers and tradesmen, and a center of learning. The emperor Augustus had studied there as a youth. See Apollonia.
• A town in Macedonia alongst the Via Egnatia, midway on route from Thessalonica and Amphipolis.
• A town in Thrace on the shore of the Black Sea.
• A fort or castle near to Naupactus.
• A sea port town in Northern Sicily.
• A town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis.
• The birthplace of Eratosthenes in Cyrenaica within the harbour of Cyrene. One of the five towns forming the Libyan Pentapolis.
• A town of Pisidia in which fragments of a copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti were found.
• An ancient town on Mediterranean coast, known also as Arsuf, near modern Herzliya, Israel.