Apollonia (Adriatic)
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Was an Ancient Greek Polis (city-state) in Illyria.
Establishment
January 587 BC: Greek settlers coming from Kerkyra and Corinth founded Apollonia in Epirus (nowadays Albania).
Chronology
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Were a series of wars fought by the Roman Republic in Illyria (the Adriatic coast of the Balkanic Peninsula) first to eradicate piracy and then to conquer the region.
1.1.First Illyrian War
Was a war fought by the Romans in Illyria mainly against the Ardiaean Kingdom.
January 228 BC: The consul L. Postumius brought an army of 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry across from Brundisium to Apollonia, which now joined the Roman alliance.
January 449 BC: In c. 450 BC the territory of Apollonia was expanded towards the south after the victory of the Apollonians in Thronium on the borders of the land of Abantis, in the coastal area of the Bay of Aulon.
January 400 BC: Kassopa was a greek polis in the ancient region of Epeiros from the middle IV century BC onwards (based on archeological evidence of the city fortifications).
January 340 BC: Orikos was a polis from the middle IV century onwards.
Disestablishment
January 228 BC: The consul L. Postumius brought an army of 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry across from Brundisium to Apollonia, which now joined the Roman alliance.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1328-1337
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1368-1375
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