Epirote League

[4] When King Agathocles of Syracuse conquered Corcyra, he offered the island as dowry to his daughter Lanassa on her marriage to Pyrrhus of Epirus in 295 BC.

It was then perhaps that the settlement of Cassope was founded to serve as a base for the king of Epirus' expeditions.

The island remained in the Epirote League until 255 BC when it became independent after the death of Alexander II of Epirus.

The league was defeated by the Illyrians during the Battle of Phoenice, which forced it to enter into an alliance with Teuta to prevent further attacks.

[8] The first epigraphical evidence of the Molossian League goes back to 370 BC under the king (or basileus) Neoptolemus.