Epirus (Greek, Epeiros) was a country of ancient Greece corresponding to the southern portion of modern Albania. The most interesting locality in it was Dodona. The inhabitants were only in part Greeks. The Molossians at last acquired the ascendency, and the kings of this tribe took the name of kings of Epirus. The most celebrated king of Epirus was Pyrrhus, who made war upon the Romans. Epirus became a Roman province in 168 BC, and shared the fortunes of Rome until it was conquered by the Turks. Research Epirus
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