Apollonia
There have been several places called Apollonia: - An ancient Roman 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.
- 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.
Saint Apollonia, virgin and martyr of Alexandria, is the patron saint of dentists.Apollonia was also the stage name of Apollonia Kotero.
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