Epirus Empire - Epirus (English spelling)

Japanese: エピロス帝国 - エピロスていこく（英語表記）Epiros

A Greek state (1204-1340) established by Michael I of the Angelids, a former dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, with Arta as its capital during the occupation of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade. His successor, Theodore I, destroyed the Latin kingdom of Thessaloniki (1224) and was crowned "Emperor of the Romans", but was defeated by the Bulgarian king Assen II at Klokotnitsa (1230), and the power of the empire rapidly declined. The empire was divided in two, with Thessaloniki falling into the hands of the Nicaean Empire in 1246, and the remaining part being further divided into Epirus and Thessaly after the death of Michael II (1271), each of which was ruled by a different branch of the Angelids.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

第4回十字軍のコンスタンティノープル占領の際，ビザンティン帝国旧王朝アンゲロス家のミハエル1世がアルタを首都としてつくったギリシア人国家(1204‐1340)。続くテオドロス1世はテッサロニキのラテン人王国を滅ぼし(1224)，〈ローマ人の皇帝〉として戴冠式をあげたが，クロコトニッツァでブルガリア人の王アッセン2世に敗れ(1230)，帝国の威勢は急速に傾いた。版図は二分され，テッサロニキは1246年ニカエア帝国の手におち，残存部分もミハエル2世の死(1271)後エピロスとテッサリアにさらに分かれ，それぞれ別々のアンゲロス家一族によって支配された。

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