Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- The Cambridge History of Violence
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume i
- General Introduction: Violence in World History
- Introduction to Volume I
- Part I The Origins of Conflict
- Part II Prehistoric and Ancient Warfare
- Part III Intimate and Collective Violence
- 14 Early Massacres: Mass Violence in Neolithic Europe
- 15 Gendered Violence in Iron Age and Roman Britain
- 16 Violence in Ancient Egyptian Society
- 17 Violence and the Mutilated Body in Achaemenid Iran
- 18 ‘Knocking Her Teeth out with a Stone’: Violence against Women in Ancient Greece
- 19 Gang Violence in the Late Roman Republic
- 20 Violence in Early Chinese History
- Part IV Religion, Ritual and Violence
- Part V Violence, Crime and the State
- Part VI Representations and Constructions of Violence
- Index
- References
19 - Gang Violence in the Late Roman Republic
from Part III - Intimate and Collective Violence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2020
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- The Cambridge History of Violence
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume i
- General Introduction: Violence in World History
- Introduction to Volume I
- Part I The Origins of Conflict
- Part II Prehistoric and Ancient Warfare
- Part III Intimate and Collective Violence
- 14 Early Massacres: Mass Violence in Neolithic Europe
- 15 Gendered Violence in Iron Age and Roman Britain
- 16 Violence in Ancient Egyptian Society
- 17 Violence and the Mutilated Body in Achaemenid Iran
- 18 ‘Knocking Her Teeth out with a Stone’: Violence against Women in Ancient Greece
- 19 Gang Violence in the Late Roman Republic
- 20 Violence in Early Chinese History
- Part IV Religion, Ritual and Violence
- Part V Violence, Crime and the State
- Part VI Representations and Constructions of Violence
- Index
- References
Summary
The fifth century BCE exhibited what has generally been termed ‘gang violence’: that is, the deployment of (relatively) well-organised gangs of lower-class men by elite figures, such as Publius Clodius Pulcher and Titus Annius Milo, in their pursuit of specific political purposes. This chapter analyses this phenomenon from the larger perspectives of self-help in Rome, the political violence that had begun to affect Roman civic life in the second century BCE (intensified by the civil war of the eighties BCE), and by way of the institutional and social features of Roman life (e.g. clientele and collegia) that facilitated the creation and exploitation of gangs. It concludes with innovations introduced by Augustus which effectively brought an end to gang violence in the city of Rome.
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- The Cambridge World History of Violence , pp. 400 - 417Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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