Riot in Pompeii 1st C. CE

"About this time [AD 59] there was a serious fight between the inhabitants of two Roman settlements, Nuceria and Pompeii. It arose out of a trifling incident at a gladiatorial show....During an exchange of taunts—characteristic of these disorderly country towns—abuse led to stone-throwing, and then swords were drawn. The people of Pompeii, where the show was held, came off best. Many wounded and mutilated Nucerians were taken to the capital. Many bereavements, too, were suffered by parents and children. The emperor instructed the senate to investigate the affair. The senate passed it to the consuls. When they reported back, the senate debarred Pompeii from holding any similar gathering for ten years. Illegal associations in the town were dissolved; and the sponsor of the show and his fellow-instigators of the disorders were exiled."

-Tacitus, Annals (XIV.17)

Depiction of the clash between the Nucerians and the Pompeiians found in the home of Actius Anicetus. Current location: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. nr. 112222).

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https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/pompeii.html