Epirus
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Key facts
- Capital
- Passaron (330–295 BC) Ambracia (295–224 BC) Phoenice (224–167 BC) Dodona (religious)
- Common languages
- Epirote Greek
- Religion
- Ancient Greek religion , Hellenistic religion
- Government
- Monarchy (330–231 BC) Federal republic (231–167 BC)
- 330 313 bc
- Aeacides
- 307 302 bc
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
- 302 297 bc
- Neoptolemos II
- 297 272 bc
- Pyrrhus of Epirus
- 231 167 bc
- Epirote League
- Historical era
- Classical antiquity
- Epirote tribes established united politi
- 330 BC
- Pyrrhus campaign in italy
- 280–275 BC
- Monarchy abolished
- 231 BC
- Conquered by the roman republic in the t
- 167 BC
- Currency
- Epirote drachma
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- inception
- 0500-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0146-00-00
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Epirus (/ɪˈpaɪrəs/; Epirote Greek: Ἄπειρος, Ápeiros; Attic Greek: Ἤπειρος, Ḗpeiros) was an ancient Greek kingdom, and later republic, located in the geographical region of Epirus, in parts of north-western Greece and southern Albania. Home to the ancient Epirotes, the state was bordered by the Aetolian League to the south, Thessaly and Upper Macedonia to the east, and Illyrian tribes to the north. The Epirote king Pyrrhus is known to have made Epirus a powerful state in the wider Hellenistic world (during 297–272 BC) that was comparable to the likes of Macedon and Rome. Pyrrhus' armies also confronted Rome during their unsuccessful campaign in what is now modern-day Italy.
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