Apollonia was erected in 588 BC. in the hills already inhabited by the Illyrians, after the foundation of the ancient Dyrrachium. It was a group of Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth, under the leadership of Gylax, who founded it. A young Augustus, not yet emperor, but already protected by Caesar, came to study in Apollonia. Here merchants and men of letters, commanders and religious passed by. The public buildings of the city developed in the middle of the two hills, between an area dedicated to military training (Arx) and an area dedicated to worship (Temenos). In Temenos, you find the Temple of Apollo and the remains of some monuments from the 6th century BC. alongside a Doric temple, warehouses and two small sanctuaries. The center of Apollonia's life was the agora, which contained several buildings. A Greek theater and a monument dedicated to the nymphs, some political buildings such as the B_ouleterion_, the Odeon, the Library, the Arc de Triomphe, the Temple of Diana and the Prytaneion, the small local parliament of the time.