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Epirus is a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania.
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning "continent" may also refer to:
Geographical
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| The region of Epirus in the 20th century, divided between Greece and Albania.
Grey: approx. extent of Epirus in antiquity; Orange: Greek region of Epirus; Green: approx. extent of largest concentration of Greeks in "Northern Epirus". Red dotted line: territory of autonomous state of Northern Epirus |
- Epirus (region), one of the thirteen regions (administrative divisions) of Greece
- Northern Epirus, a term used to refer to those parts of the historical region which today are part of Albania
Historical
- Epirus (ancient state), a Greek state (330–167 BC)
- Epirus Vetus ("Old Epirus", 146 BC–395 AD), province of the Roman Empire
- Epirus Nova ("New Epirus"), a province of the Roman Empire
- Despotate of Epirus (1205–1479), one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire
- Principality of Epirus, another name for the Ottoman pashalik of Yanina (1430–1868)
- Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, a short lived state (1914) proclaimed by the pro-Greek party in modern Southern Albania (Northern Epirus)
People
- Epirus (mythology) from Greek mythology, daughter of Echion and Agave
See also
- Eprius, a genus of butterflies
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