List of the kings of Epirus

This list of kings of Epirus below includes all[1] kings and queens, along with princes and princesses until the last representative of the royal Aeacid dynasty whereupon a democracy was established. In 168 BC Epirus became the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. The dates in brackets indicate the reigning period if known.

Tribes of Epirus in antiquity
  • Troas (Aeacide), nobility
  • Ptolemy I of Epirus, nobility
  • Helenos (Aeacide), nobility
  • Kadmeia (Aeacide), nobility
  • Nereis (Aeacide), nobility
  • Deidamia (233 BC[2]), nobility, ruled very briefly

See also

References

  1. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization by M. B. Hatzopoulos,1997,ISBN 9602133775,page 79
  2. A history of Macedonia,Robert Malcolm Errington,1990,page 174,"Only a girl, Deidameia, remained of the royal house of the Aiakidai, and when she was murdered in 233, a politically incalculable federal republic was"
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