Towards the latter days of the roman republic having gangs of people paid by different politicians battle it out in the street was a common occurrence. Dueling

Towards the latter days of the roman republic having gangs of people paid by different politicians battle it out in the street was a common occurrence. Dueling requires all parties involved to remain honorable at all times and today’s crop of politicians are not that, so the street battle looks much more likely than the honorable duel.