An ancient country on the Ionian Sea in present-day northwest Greece and southern Albania. It flourished in the3rd century b.c. and was later a Roman province. An independent state after a.d.1204, Epirus was conquered by the Turks in the15th century.

• 伊庇鲁斯爱琴海上一古国，位于现今希腊和阿尔巴尼亚南部的西北方，公元前3世纪达到全盛，后成罗马帝国一省，公元1204年成为一自由城邦，15世纪伊庇鲁斯被土耳其人占领