Macedonia (Roman province)#Epirus Nova

Epirus nova ( New Epirus ) was a province of the Roman Empire, which was formed at the end of the 3rd century in the course of administrative reform of Emperor Diocletian in the Balkan Peninsula. She lay in what is now Albania.

The north adjoining the Epirus region was separated from the province of Macedonia.

Epirus nova covered the area of southern Illyria, on the eastern Adriatic coast from about Lissus in the north to the south Aulon. This area had BC belongs to the province of Macedonia since 146. Capital was the major port city of Dyrrachium. Economic and strategic importance of the area had, because here the Via Egnatia began, which was the most important land route of the Romans in the east of the empire for centuries.

Epirus nova belonged to the diocese of Moesia that fell to the East in the division of the Empire 395 AD. In the 10th century came the Byzantine theme Dyrrhachion the place of the province.