Epirote League

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Epirote League or Epirote symmachia (Greek:,Κοινών των Ηπειρωτών) was a coalition^[1] of the Epirotes in antiquity.It encompassed the whole of Epirus^[2]^[3].The leagues political center was Dodona^[4].Its members had common citizenship^[5].Pyrrhus of Epirus had become its leader in 297 BC^[6].The league lasted from 325 BC up to 170 BC.

Coinage of the Epirote League, 238 BC.

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^ The Romans: From Village to Empire by Mary T. Boatwright,ISBN-10: 0195118766,2004 ,Page 92,"... To this he added the post of hegemon, or commander, of the Epirote League, an alliance of Epirote communi- ties to which each contributed forces and funds toward common goals. Pyrrhus also controlled cities ..."
^ They joined the Epirote League, founded in 325/320 BC, uniting their territories with those of the Thesprotians and Molossians in a loosely federated state that became a major power in the region until it was conquered by Rome in 170 BC.
^ P.R. Franke, "Pyrrhus", in The Cambridge Ancient History VII Part 2: The Rise of Rome to 220 BC, p. 469, ed. Frank William Walbank. Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 0521234468
^ Herman, Mogens. An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, 2004, ISBN 0198140991,Page 341,"... 2.52) or a sanctuary (Eur. Phoen. 983). Dodone was the religious, political and cultural centre of the Molossian League and later of the Epirote League. Copies of the decrees (proxeny and citizenship decrees, manumission records) of the Molossian and Epirote League were set up ..."
^ Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks by Esther Eidinow,ISBN-10: 0199277788,2007,Page 59,"... ; to the gradual weakening of the Molossian monarchy and the formation of the Epirote League, in which the members had common citizenship (233/2-168 B C E).21 Certainly these developments demonstrated some kind of `genius for ..."
^ Introduction to the New Testament: History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age by Helmut Koester,ISBN-10: 3110146924,1995,Page 33,"... Greeks of Magna Graecia. After a variety of experiences Pyrrhos had become king of the Molossians and leader of the Epirote league in northwestern Greece (297 BCE). ..."