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The famous Italian artist Caravaggio was a criminal who was constantly getting in to street fights in 16th century Rome. He even murdered a man in a dispute over a tennis match. Was this kind of stree (self.askhistorians)

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The famous Italian artist Caravaggio was a criminal who was constantly getting in to street fights in 16th century Rome. He even murdered a man in a dispute over a tennis match. Was this kind of street justice the norm in Rome at the time with arguments between men being settled by a sword fights?

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[–] MrJameGumb 2 points 3 months ago

I don't know the exact answer to this, but it reminded me of this scene from It's Always Sunny lol