APOLLONIA ăp ə lō nĭ ə (̓Απολλωνία, G662). There were several towns of this name, the most famous being Apollonia of Illyria, a terminal point on the Via Egnatia and Caesar’s base when Pompey was encircled at Dyrrachium. The Apollonia of the NT is at the other end of the Via Egnatia, twenty-seven m. WSW of Amphipolis, somewhere between the Strymon and the Axius (modern Vardar). Its site is not certain, but Paul and Silas passed through the town on their way between Thessalonica and Philippi (Acts 17:1).