Epirus (disambiguation)
# Epirus (disambiguation)

Epirus is a historical and geographical region of the southwestern Balkans, straddling modern Greece and Albania.

The name Epirus, from the Greek "Ήπειρος" meaning "continent" may also refer to:

## Geographical

* Epirus (region), one of the thirteen regions (administrative divisions) of Greece
* Northern Epirus, a term used to refer to those parts of the historical region which today are part of Albania

## Historical

* Epirus (ancient state), a Greek state (330–167 BC)
* Epirus Vetus ("Old Epirus", 146 BC–395 AD), province of the Roman Empire
* Epirus Nova ("New Epirus"), a province of the Roman Empire
* Despotate of Epirus (1205–1479), one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire
* Principality of Epirus, another name for the Ottoman pashalik of Yanina (1430–1868)
* Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus, a short lived state (1914) proclaimed by the pro-Greek party in modern Southern Albania (Northern Epirus)

## People

* Epirus (mythology) from Greek mythology, daughter of Echion and Agave
