There have been several places called Apollonia:

1. An ancient Roman city in Illyria near to the sea and the river Vjosa , 12 km from Fier, Albania. Apollonia was a local hub for travelers and tradesmen, and a center of learning. The emperor Augustus had studied there as a youth.
2. A town in Macedonia alongst the Via Egnatia, midway on route from Thessalonica and Amphipolis.
3. A town in Thrace on the shore of the Black Sea.
4. A fort or castle near to Naupactus.
5. A sea port town in Northern Sicily.
6. A town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis .
7. The birthplace of Eratosthenes in Cyrenaica within the harbour of Cyrene. One of the five towns forming the Libyan Pentapolis .
8. A town of Pisidia in which fragments of a copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti were found.

• Saint Apollonia, virgin and martyr of Alexandria, is the patron saint of dentists.
• Apollonia was also the stage name of Apollonia Kotero.