CoriolanusBy: William Shakespeare Vengeance and War Rome is in turmoil there is rioting in the streets and open warfare between the varying ruling factions. Coriolanus would bring peace and order to Rome but will Rome let him? You common cry of curs! whose breath I hateAs reek o' the rotten fens whose loves I prizeAs the dead carcases of unburied menThat do corrupt my air I banish you.