The Anarchy Continues

The city has gone mad. Everywhere there is fighting and disorder. Old scores are settled and rapine and looting widespread. There was nearly two days of fighting around the Colisseo as the Frangipani tried once more to assert their rights to their old fortress while the bands of rogues that occupy the place made common cause to see them off. At the half finished Colonna Palazzo a riot, as looters tried to make off with valuable building materials, turned into something more akin to a pitched battle. It was only ended when a troop of Colonna cavalry arrived and began to lay about them indiscriminately with sword and lance. One of the most shocking tales comes from the Convent of Santa Bibita. Armed ruffians broke in there and are said to have abducted a dozen nuns and dragged them off to the brothels in the Suburra.