Definitions for "Epirus"
Conquered in 167 BC, became a Roman Province with Macedonia in 148 BC.
an ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC; located in northwest Greece and southern Albania
Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος Ēpeiros, Albanian: Epir) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe. It is divided between Greece, which possesses around 80 percent of the region, and southern Albania whose area is equivalent to the northern part of classical Epirus (see Northern Epirus). The Greek portion of the region is incorporated as the periphery of Epirus.