Apollonia
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There have been several places called Apollonia:
- 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.
- Saint Apollonia, virgin and martyr of Alexandria, is the patron saint of dentists.
- 358 Apollonia is a large Main belt asteroid.
- Apollonia was also the stage name of Apollonia Kotero (born Patricia Kotero).
- Apollonia 6 was the musical group which Apollonia Kotero had lead, taking over from Prince's defunct Vanity 6.