Apollonia (
Greek
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: ) was an ancient town in the peninsula of Acte, or
Mount Athos in
Macedon
Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an Classical antiquity, ancient monarchy, kingdom on the periphery of Archaic Greece, Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. Th ...
ia, the inhabitants of which were called ''Macrobii''. Homer mentions Athos in the ''Iliad'' (Rhapsody 219) and, in connection to Mount Athos, Gaius Plinius Secundus (the ancient historian and Roman commander also known as
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ' ...
), refers to the cities of
Ouranoupolis,
Palaiotrion,
Thysson,
Kleonas, and Apollonia.
The site of Apollonia is unknown.
See also
*
List of ancient Greek cities
References
*Reference to Athos and Pliny the Elder's mention of Apollonia is found in this website: http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/General/History.html
Ancient Athos
Greek colonies in Chalcidice
Former populated places in Greece
Populated places in ancient Macedonia
Lost ancient cities and towns
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