Working Paper - A FEW KEYS TO DEFUSE A RIOT
The revolts, which punctuate History, seem to flow into the bed of the same river. Sometimes, the waves of anger overflow its misty shores or brake over unknown rocks, but must nevertheless follow a course, which seems to have been traced in advance. How does this riverbed look like? At the origins of popular emotions, we usually find hunger, spurred by heavy taxation. For example, the new Roman taxation system spawned the apparition of armed gangs named Bagaudae, who ransomed North-western Gaul between the third and fifth century A.D.