Epirotes

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The Epirotes were an ancient Greek people inhabiting the region of Epirus in northwestern Greece, known for their tribal organization and for producing the famed king Pyrrhus of Epirus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Epirotes canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
tribal people ⓘ
associatedDynasty Aeacid dynasty ⓘ
capitalCityInHellenisticPeriod Ambracia ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
conquestDateApproximate 2nd century BCE ⓘ
conquestEvent Roman conquest of Epirus ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars
culturalIntegration Hellenization of Epirus ⓘ
culture Hellenic culture ⓘ
describedByAncientAuthors Polybius ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
transhumant herding ⓘ
ethnicIdentityDebate discussed in modern scholarship ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
federalStateName Epirote League ⓘ
geographicalFeatures Ionian Sea coast ⓘ
Pindus Mountains ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Epirus ⓘ
integratedInto Roman Republic ⓘ
knownFor producing Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
language Northwest Greek dialect ⓘ
laterStatus Roman province of Epirus ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northwestern Greece ⓘ
southern Albania ⓘ
majorSanctuary Dodona ⓘ
majorSanctuaryType oracle of Zeus ⓘ
militaryReputation skilled infantry ⓘ
use of war elephants under Pyrrhus ⓘ
neighboringPeoples Aetolians ⓘ
Illyrians ⓘ
Macedonians ⓘ
notableRuler Aeacides of Epirus ⓘ
Pyrrhus of Epirus ⓘ
partOf ancient Greek world ⓘ
politicalOrganization federal state ⓘ
tribal ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
religiousCenter oracle of Dodona ⓘ
linked to: sanctuary of Dodona
timePeriod Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
tribesIncluded Chaonians ⓘ
Molossians ⓘ
Thesprotians ⓘ
linked to: Thesprotian tribe

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acarnanians → neighborOf → Epirotes ⓘ
Acarnanians → foughtAlongside → Epirotes ⓘ
Molossians → subgroupOf → Epirotes ⓘ