List of kings of Epirus
This list of kings of Epirus below includes all[1] kings and queens, along with princes and princesses until the last representative of the royal Aeacid dynasty whereupon a democracy was established. In 168 BC Epirus became the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. The dates in brackets indicate the reigning period if known.
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- Admetus (before 470 – 430 BC)
- Tharrhypas (430 – 392 BC)
- Alcetas I (390 – 370 BC)
- Neoptolemos I (370 – 357 BC)
- Arybbas (373 BC – 343 BC)
- Alexander I (342 – 331 BC)
- Aeacides (331 – 317 BC)
- Neoptolemos II (317 – 313 BC)
- Aeacides (313 BC) second reign
- Alcetas II (313 BC – 306 BC)
- Pyrrhus I (307 – 302 BC)
- Neoptolemos II (302 – 297 ВС) second reign
- Pyrrhus I (297 – 272 BC) second reign
- Alexander II (272 – 255 ВС)
- Olympias II of Epirus regent after Alexander II, her husband died
- Pyrrhus II (255 – 237 BC) brother to Ptolemy
- Ptolemy (237 – 234 BC) brother to Pyrrhus
- Pyrrhus III (234 BC)
- Deidamia (234-233 BC[2]), ruled very briefly
- End of the monarchy, see Epirote League
See also
References
- ^ Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization by M. B. Hatzopoulos,1997,ISBN 9602133775,page 79
- ^ A history of Macedonia,Robert Malcolm Errington,1990,page 174,"Only a girl, Deidameia, remained of the royal house of the Aiakidai, and when she was murdered in 233, a politically incalculable federal republic was"