Liga Epiros

Liga Epiros (Yunani Barat Laut: Κοινὸν Ἀπειρωτᾶν, Koinòn Āpeirōtân; Attik: Κοινὸν Ἠπειρωτῶν, Koinòn Ēpeirōtôn) adalah sebuah koalisi atau koinon Yunani Kuno, dari suku-suku Epirot.

Koin Liga Epirote, menampilkan Zeus (kiri) dan petir dengan kata "ΑΠΕΙΡΩΤΑΝ" - Epiros (kanan).

Sejarah

Menampilkan Dioni dan Zeus (kiri) dan seekor kerbau (kanan).

Koalisi tersebut didirikan antara 370 dan 320SM (mula-mula sebagai Liga Molossian pada 370 SM), yang membantu penyatuan tiga suku utama Epirus (yakni Molossia, Thesprotia, dan Chaonia).

Referensi

Kutipan

1. The full range of meanings can be found under κοινός in Liddell & Scott 1940.
2. Boatwright, Gargola & Talbert 2004, p. 92: "Pyrrhus matched this model. His power base was his kingship over the Molossians, a traditional office with customary limitations. To this he added the post of hegemon, or commander, of the Epirote League, an alliance of Epirote communities to which each contributed forces and funds toward common goals."
3. Walbank 1989, Chapter 10: P. R. Franke, "Pyrrhus", p. 459: "As king of the Molossians - he never styled himself king of the Epirotes and certainly never king of Epirus, a title found especially in the Roman tradition - Pyrrhus was at the same time the hegemon of the Epirote League which was founded around 325/20 and describes itself as the ΣΥΜΜΑΧΟΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΠΕΙΡΩΤΑΝ ('the Epirote allies') on inscriptions. The League united the three main peoples of Epirus (Map 9) - the Molossians, the Thesprotians, and the Chaonians, who were evidently the last to join; each of these in turn consisted of numerous sub-groups."

Sumber

• Boatwright, Mary Taliaferro; Gargola, Daniel J.; Talbert, Richard J. A. (2004). The Romans: From Village to Empire. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511876-6. 
• Chamoux, François (2002). Hellenistic Civilization. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-22241-3. 
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• Koester, Helmut (1995). Introduction to the New Testament, Volume 1: History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age. New York and Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-014692-4. 
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• Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 
• Walbank, Frank William (1989). The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 7, Part 2: The Rise of Rome to 220 B.C. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23446-8.