Apollonia (Illyria)

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Apollonia (Illyria) was an important ancient Greek colony and later Roman city on the Adriatic coast in what is now Albania, known as a major commercial and cultural center of the region.

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Apollonia 4
Apollonia (Illyria) canonical 2

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony
ancient city
archaeological site
country Albania
declineCause harbor silting
declinePeriod late antiquity
economyBasedOn agriculture
craft production
maritime trade
excavatedBy French archaeologists
excavationsBeganIn early 20th century
foundedAround 588 BC
foundedBy Corcyra
Corinth
Greek colonists
foundedInCentury 6th century BC
functionedAs Roman military base
hasMuseum Apollonia Archaeological Museum
hasSite Roman stoa of Apollonia
acropolis of Apollonia
bouleuterion of Apollonia
city walls of Apollonia
necropolis of Apollonia
nymphaeum of Apollonia
odeon of Apollonia
temple of Apollo (Apollonia)
theatre of Apollonia
heritageStatus archaeological park
knownFor agricultural hinterland
harbor
monumental architecture
philosophical school
languageUsed Ancient Greek
laterLanguageUsed Latin
locatedIn Epirus
Illyria
linked to: Illyricum
locatedInPresentDay southwestern Albania
locatedNear Aous River
Fier
locatedOn Adriatic Sea
mainDeity Apollo
minted Apollonia coinage
namedAfter Apollo
nearbySettlement Pojan
partOf Roman Empire
Roman Republic
ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
rediscoveredInCentury 18th century
region Myzeqe plain
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion
servedAs commercial center
cultural center
trading hub
statusInRomanPeriod Roman colonia
municipium
underwent Hellenization of local Illyrian population
visitedBy Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Octavian
linked to: Augustus

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Via Egnatia startPoint Apollonia (Illyria)
Via Egnatia passesThrough Apollonia (Illyria)
Corinth colonized Apollonia
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)
Jabal al Akhdar hasArchaeologicalSite Apollonia
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)
Kyrenaikē majorCity Apollonia
subject linked to: Kyrenaïkē
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)
Metropolitan of Apollonia and Fier locatedIn Apollonia
linked to: Apollonia (Illyria)