[ExI] The Problem With Counterfeit People

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I'm no expert on acient rome, but it does seem to me, based on that 
wikipedia entry that since police was created, it did not exist before 
that for many, many years. But no expert of course, so I have no idea 
about what was available before that point in time.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Sun, 21 May 2023, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:

> On Sun, 21 May 2023 at 11:08, Jason Resch via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ancient Rome had no police to my knowledge and it had a million people.
>> Jason
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> See Wikipedia for the history of how police developed in different countries
> as cities grew larger.:
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police>
>
> Quote:
> Under the reign of Augustus, when the capital had grown to almost one
> million inhabitants, 14 wards were created; the wards were protected
> by seven squads of 1,000 men called vigiles, who acted as night
> watchmen and firemen. Their duties included apprehending petty
> criminals, capturing runaway slaves, guarding the baths at night, and
> stopping disturbances of the peace. The vigiles primarily dealt with
> petty crime, while violent crime, sedition, and rioting was handled by
> the Urban Cohorts and even the Praetorian Guard if necessary, though
> the vigiles could act in a supporting role in these situations.
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