About a century ago, refugees from the eastern wars were granted the peace of the city, in return for fat bribes and pledges of service to the then powers-that-be. Impoverished, these refugees banded together in the dirty edge of the city and settled down to suffer exploitation, private feuds, gangsterism, mob violence, bigotry, and ambition. More @Wikipedia
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