... 450BC. Children learned them by heart at school. In the early years of Rome there was no police force in the city. If a Roman was attacked or robbed, then they had to catch the criminal themselves, with help from friends and neighbours. This often led to more violence. In AD6 the Emperor Augustus set up forces to police Rome. However, the situation with crime did not change much. Most were occupied with fire fighting. The core of the police was riot troops. The Roman Empire did not have an effective enough police force. They had three different types of police force but none of them were capable to prevent crime. There were Urban cohorts, who were three thousand soldiers; their main job was to keep order by stopping riots. They did not patrol the streets so they were not able to prevent crime. Praetorian Guards were the Emperor's household guards. ...

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