They're peddlers and they're meddlers
They buy and they sell
They destroyed your city
They'll destroy you as well
They're lecherous and treacherous

from Bob Dylan – Early Roman Kings Lyrics on Rap Genius

The Roman Kings were very dangerous folks. Scott Warmuth, a “Dylan detective”, observed that they were one of the key gangs of New York.

Gangs of New York: The Seven Crowns, The Black Spades, The Savage Skulls, The Savage Nomads, The Persuaders, The Javelins, The Reapers, The Seven Immortals, The Mongols, The Black Pearls, The Taino Brothers, The Renegades, The Black Assassins, The Black Spades, and…The Roman Kings.

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