The Prologue to the play says so. It is interesting to speculate whether that is really so.
montagues and capulets
The family names were Montague and Capulet.
The CAPULETS and the MONTAGUES have the longstanding conflict in the play.....The Montagues are Romeo's family and the Capulets are Juliet's family. The Capulets and Montagues despise each other.
The street fight between the Capulets and Montagues in William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" took place on a Sunday.
After Romeo and Juliet died, the Capulets and the Montagues decide to make peace and remember Romeo and Juliet together as the two good lovers.
a brawl between the montagues and the capulets
a feud between the montagues and the capulets
Romeo and Juliet.
The Capulets wish to build a statue of pure gold of Romeo and The Montagues of Juliet.
The Capulets and Montagues are punished for their feud with the death of their children - Romeo and Juliet.
Antecedent action
To possibly end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets with a marrige