What is Carmine Crocco?
{{Infobox person | name = Carmine Crocco | residence = | other_names = Donatello | image =Carmine Crocco (rounded).jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Portrait of Carmine Crocco | birth_name = | birth_date = 5 June 1830 | birth_place = [[Rionero in Vulture]], [[Basilicata]], [[Italy]] | death_date = 18 June 1905 | death_place = [[Portoferraio]], [[Tuscany]], Italy | death_cause = Natural causes | nationality = Italian | ethnicity = | known for = Army commander, gang member, murderer | occupation = [[Outlaw]] | title = | salary = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = | weight = }} '''Carmine Crocco''' (5 June 1830 – 18 June 1905) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[outlaw]]. He is also known as '''Donatello''' and for his brilliant battle skills was nicknamed “Napoleon of the brigands”.<ref>Ettore Cinnella, ''Carmine Crocco. Un brigante nella grande storia'', Della Porta, 2010, p.22</ref> Born in [[Rionero in Vulture]], a town in the [[Basilicata]] region, He began the criminal activity after killing a comrade in a brawl during the military service and joined the [[Garibaldi]]'s expedition of the thousand in 1860 hoping for a pardon.<ref>Denis Mack Smith, ''Italy:a modern history'', p.72</ref> However, his offence wasn't cleared and Crocco was arrested. He escaped from prison with the help of the Fortunato, a bourgeois family linked to the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] dynasty and became the leader of the peasants rebellion in Basilicata, who didn't get any benefit with the political change. He fought in the service of king [[Francis II]], heading an army of almost 2.000 men and conquering various centers of Basilicata and [[Campania]]. In every conquered territory he overthrew the [[House of Savoy|Savoy]] government and appointed a representative of the Bourbon crown, ordering the badges and ornaments of the fallen king to be once again displayed. A skillful guerrilla man,<