Samus Aran said:
Cicero's Pro Milone gives a nice account of gang related violence in Ancient Rome. It's a source written in defense of Milo, who was accused of killing Clodius Pulcher. Cicero was too much of a coward to read it out loud at the trial though, and Milo was convicted (he would've probably been cleared if Cicero read it out loud). It speaks to itself that this is a one sided source of the events that happened in Rome. It's biased in other words. Still very much worth a read. Collegia were also often criminal organisations that would be considered gangs these days. |
Thanks man.