stackyFACTSEviction notices in ancient Rome were delivered with a significant amount of blunt force trauma.
Eviction notices in ancient Rome were delivered with a significant amount of blunt force trauma. Because there was no formal police force to handle civil disputes, wealthy landlords who wanted a tenant out of their 'insulae' (apartment blocks) simply paid local street gangs to forcefully drag the tenants out of their beds and toss them into the street. It was a highly effective, deeply illegal form of aggressive property management.
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