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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ANC-APO |
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APOLLONIA , the name of more than thirty cities of antiquity. The most important are the following: (I) An Illyrian city (known as Apollonia Kar' 'Errthalcvov or rrpbs 'Errehavw) on the right bank of the Aous, founded by the Corinthians
place of increasing commercial prosperity, as the most convenient link between Brundusium and northern Greece
post
Caesar , and towards the close of the Roman republic acquired fame as a seat of literature and philosophy. Here Augustus
Caesar called him to Rome. It seems to have sunk with the rise of Aulon, and few remains of its ruins are to be found. The monastery of Pollina stands on a hill which probably is part
Apollo
Calamis
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