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It was not the names as such, but what they represented. Most of the people in the play that fight because of the Montague/Capulet rivalry are not called Montague or Capulet. This includes Samson, Gregory and Abram, who start the fight in Act 1. They are servants, not members of the family. Tybalt says he hates all Montagues, but is his name Capulet? No it is not. His father is Lady Capulet's brother.

It is more of a label for a gang than a family name: Tybalt's name is not Capulet, but he hangs with the Capulet gang; Mercutio's name is not Montague, but he hangs with the Montague gang.

Disputes, feuds or wars between gangs or factions of one kind or another are of course something that has gone on forever and are still going on, and are not limited to "back then"

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