Residents of Campo de’ Fiori complain that profusion of bars offering cheap shots has turned medieval meadow into a battlefield Residents of one of Rome’s most beautiful and historic piazzas say they are fighting a rising tide of violent, alcohol-fuelled crime as the area’s craftsmen are priced out of the area by late night bars offering cheap shots. In the latest incident in and around Campo de’ Fiori, police arrested a group of Filipino youths on Sunday morning after young Italian was pushed to the ground and badly beaten outside a nightclub. Earlier this month police officers seeking to separate a group of brawling drinkers were themselves set upon, and officers were also called in to break up a drunken fight involving British and American tourists in July

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