Apollonia was an Ancient Greek colony located in southern Illyria, located near present-day Pojan, Albania, and located 6.2 miles from the eastern from the Adriatic Sea. Apollonia was founded in 600 BC by Corinthian Greek colonists on the invitation of local Illyrians, and it began to mint its own coins in the 5th century BC and came to be ruled by a local oligarchy. Pyrrhus of Epirus incorporated Apollonia into his dominions, and, in 229 BC, the Roman Republic acquired Apollonia. In 148 BC, Apollonia was incorporated into the Roman province of Macedonia, and Apollonia supported Julius Caesar during Caesar's Civil War; Octavian studied in Apollonia in 44 BC, and he was in Apollonia at the time of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Apollonia flourished under Roman rule, and Christianity was established in Apollonia at an early stage. However, an earthquake in the 3rd century AD led to the formation of a malaria-ridden swamp which gradually expanded, rendering Apollonia uninhabitable, apart from a monastery.
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