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<p> a | <p> ''''' ap ''''' - ''''' o ''''' - ''''' lō´ni ''''' - ''''' a ''''' ( Ἀπολλωνία , <i> ''''' Apollōnı́a ''''' </i> ): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of Lake Bolbe, on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road leading from the coast of the Adriatic to the river Hebrus ( <i> Maritza </i> ), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between [[Amphipolis]] and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 bc; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century bc (Head, <i> Historia Numorum </i> , 181). Paul and Silas passed through the town on their journey from [[Philippi]] to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there ( Acts 17:1 ). The name seems to have survived in the modern <i> Pollina </i> (Leake, <i> Northern [[Greece]] </i> , III, 458; Cousinéry, <i> [[Voyage]] dans la Macédoine </i> , I, 115). </p> | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_771"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/apollonia Apollonia from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Apollonia [1]
ap - o - lō´ni - a ( Ἀπολλωνία , Apollōnı́a ): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of Lake Bolbe, on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road leading from the coast of the Adriatic to the river Hebrus ( Maritza ), one of the main military and commercial highways of the empire: it lay between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, a day's journey (Livy xlv.28) or about 30 Roman miles from the former and 38 from the latter. The foundation of the town may perhaps be attributed to about 432 bc; in any case, coins are extant which attest its existence in the 4th century bc (Head, Historia Numorum , 181). Paul and Silas passed through the town on their journey from Philippi to Thessalonica, but do not appear to have stayed there ( Acts 17:1 ). The name seems to have survived in the modern Pollina (Leake, Northern Greece , III, 458; Cousinéry, Voyage dans la Macédoine , I, 115).
