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The Catastrophe of Zalongo (Albanian: Katastrofa e Zallongut, Greek: Kαταστροφή του Ζαλόγγου, Katastrofi tou Zaloggou) refers to the massive suicide of Souliote women in 1803, in Zalongo, an event which is the epilogue of the wars between the Souliotes and Ali Pasha of Janina. As the catastrophe occurred, Souliotes were finally expelled from Souli, where they had established their own confederacy.
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