Original sentence: According to this, the Muslim communities in Epirus were classified as Turks, while the Orthodox (Rum), like the Souliotes, were classified as Greeks.In Ottoman-ruled Epirus, national identity did not play a role to the social classification of the local society; while religion was the key factor of classification of the local communities.Its name was derived from the Byzantine (Roman) subjects of the Ottoman Empire, but all Orthodox Christians were considered part of the same millet in spite of their differences in ethnicity and language.Moreover, national consciousness and affiliations were absent in Ottoman Epirus during this era.The Orthodox congregation was included in a specific ethno-religious community under Graeco-Byzantine domination called Rum millet