Epirus
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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 periphery of Epirus; Green: approx. extent of largest concentration of Greeks in "Northern Epirus", early 20th cent.[1] Red dotted line: territory of autonomous state of Northern Epirus |
The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning continent may refer to:
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[edit] Geographical
- Epirus (region) - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania
- Northern Epirus - a region in southern Albania, the term is closely connected with the ethnic Greek minority in the country
- Epirus (periphery) - one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative divisions) of Greece.
[edit] Historical
- Ancient Greek state of Epirus (330 - 167 BC) ruled by Pyrrhus of Epirus (ca. 300-272 BC)
- Epirus vetus (146 BC-395 AD) and Epirus nova 'Old - and New Epirus' - provinces of the Roman Empire
- Despotate of Epirus (1205-1479) one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire
- The Principality of Epirus may refer to the pashalik of Ali Pasha (ca. 1787-1822)
- Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, a short lived state (1914) proclaimed by the pro-Greek party in modern Southern Albania (Northern Epirus)
[edit] People
- Epirus (mythology) from Greek mythology, daughter of Echion and Agave
[edit] References
- ^ Following G. Soteriadis: “An Ethnological Map Illustrating Hellenism In The Balkan Peninsula And Asia Minor” London: Edward Stanford, 1918. Image:Hellenism in the Near East 1918.jpg
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