Apollonia
Ancient city · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.311, 24.216
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Apollonia was an ancient town in the peninsula of Acte, or Mount Athos in Macedonia, the inhabitants of which were called Macrobii.
History
Apollonia was an ancient town in the peninsula of Acte, or Mount Athos in Macedonia, the inhabitants of which were called Macrobii. Homer mentions Athos in the Iliad and, in connection to Mount Athos, Gaius Plinius Secundus, refers to the cities of Ouranoupolis, Palaiotrion, Thysson, Kleonas, and Apollonia.