Epirus nova
Epirus nova ( New Epirus ) was a province of the Roman Empire , which was formed at the end of the 3rd century as part of the administrative reform of Emperor Diocletian on the Balkan Peninsula. It was in what is now Albania .
The area bordering the Epirus region to the north was separated from the Macedonia province .
Epirus nova comprised the area of southern Illyria on the eastern Adriatic coast roughly from Lissus in the north to Aulon in the south. This area had been around since 146 BC. Belongs to the province of Macedonia. The capital was the important port city of Dyrrhachion . The area was of economic and strategic importance because the Via Egnatia began here, which for centuries had been the most important land connection between the Romans and the east of the empire.
Epirus nova belonged to the diocese of Moesia , which fell to the east when the empire was partitioned in AD 395. In the 10th century the province was replaced by the Byzantine theme of Dyrrhachion.
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literature
- Gianpaolo Urso (Ed.): Dall'Adriatico al Danubio. l'Illirico nell'età greca e romana. Atti del Convegno internazionale, Cividale del Friuli, 25-27 September 2003. (= I convegni della Fondazione Niccolò Canussio. 3). Pisa 2004. ISBN 88-467-1069-X .