Epirus

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The name Epirus may refer to:

[edit] Geographical

  • Epirus (region) - a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania
  • Northern Epirus - the name given by Greeks to the region that is now southern Albania

[edit] Political

  • Epirus (periphery) - one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative divisions) of Greece

[edit] Historical

  • Despotate of Epirus - one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire
  • Epirus vetus and Epirus nova 'Old - and New Epirus' - provinces of the Roman Empire