place
Apollonia (Illyricum)
Apollonia
also: Apollonia, Apolloniae
Apollonia ad Rhizonem (modern Pojan, Albania), a major Greek colony on the Illyrian coast; one of Brutus's principal bases in 43 BC alongside Dyrrachium when he commanded forces in the region.
Reading notes
- Ad M. Brutum 1.2 §2 Apollonia and Dyrrhachium
Two major Adriatic ports in Illyricum (modern Albania) that served as Brutus's logistical bases; he had waited there for news from Italy before deciding whether to march westward or eastward.
- Ad Familiares 13.29 §4 When silver was being coined at Apollonia
Apollonia (in Illyricum, modern Albania) served as a Pompeian base and treasury centre during the civil war of 49--48 BC; the minting of silver there was a significant military-financial operation, and any officer present risked being seen as an active Pompeian partisan.