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Graffiti and Sheriffs in Ancient Rome
13:54 - 19:31 (05:37)
Famous and powerful people in ancient Rome would use graffiti similar to how people use social media today, and the lack of policing in the city meant that members of the town or city would rotate through the job of protecting their community, giving rise to the word sheriff.
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The wealthiest Romans funded their own squads of people who would protect them in the streets and help them murder their political enemies, resembling more closely criminal gangs than modern police forces.
13:54 - 15:42 (01:48)
Summary
The wealthiest Romans funded their own squads of people who would protect them in the streets and help them murder their political enemies, resembling more closely criminal gangs than modern police forces.
ChapterGraffiti and Sheriffs in Ancient Rome
EpisodeSlavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Graffiti in Ancient Rome was like social media for the famous and powerful, as they used it to gain attention and support from a literal mob.
15:42 - 18:31 (02:49)
Summary
Graffiti in Ancient Rome was like social media for the famous and powerful, as they used it to gain attention and support from a literal mob. Members of the community would defend their town or city from external and internal threats, with their primary duty being to sound the alarm for everyone to gather and coordinate.
ChapterGraffiti and Sheriffs in Ancient Rome
EpisodeSlavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
PodcastBehind the Bastards
In this episode, the speaker uses the phrase "Whose mans in this?"
18:32 - 18:40 (00:08)
Summary
In this episode, the speaker uses the phrase "Whose mans in this?" in a conversation and discusses its contextual meaning and usage.
ChapterGraffiti and Sheriffs in Ancient Rome
EpisodeSlavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Policing
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The Frank pledge system was a structure that allowed small groups of men to enforce the law in communities in the late Middle Ages in England.
18:40 - 19:31 (00:51)
Summary
The Frank pledge system was a structure that allowed small groups of men to enforce the law in communities in the late Middle Ages in England. It was based on ten-man groups called tithings, which were grouped into hundreds and shires. The person in charge of the tithings was called the Shire Reve, from which the word "sheriff" comes from, meaning the head of the Shire's community protection group.