Italian Consulate was signed by the seven members of the Provisional Committee: Doctor Dimitrie Diamandi Ianaculi Dabura Mihali Teguiani Tachi Nibi , declared as "minister of the schools in the 'Republic of the Pindus'" and as "minister of culture" of the republic Alcibiades Diamandi Sterie Caragiani The persons arrested by the Greek authorities in Samarina on 8 September 1917, were: D-l Zicu Araia, school master of the Romanian school of Samarina Guli Papagheorghe, teacher of the Romanian school of Samarina Ianache Dabura, ex-mayor of Samarina Gherassim Zica, inhabitant of Samarina Ianachi Zuchi, inhabitant of Samarina Costachi Surbi, inhabitant of Samarina Aftermath In 1918, a group of Aromanians from the Pindus declared the "Republic of the Pindus" in Korçë, which lasted for one day. A renewed attempt at the creation of an independent state in the Pindus would take place during World War II with the Principality of the Pindus. See also Principality of the Pindus References History of the Aromanians Politics of the Aromanians Aromanian nationalism History of Epirus Proposed countries 1917 in Greece States and territories established in 1917 States and territories disestablished in 1917 Greece in World War I Greece–Romania relations Greece–Italy relations Separatism in Greece Pindus Aromanians in Greece Italy in World War I