The fight at the beginning of Act 1 in the play Romeo and Juliet started with a confrontation between two servants from the Capulet and Montague households. The servants Sampson and Gregory from the Capulet household were walking down the street when they encountered Abram and Balthasar, servants from the Montague household. Sampson and Gregory started taunting Abram and Balthasar, and an argument quickly escalated into a physical fight.
The fight caught the attention of other members of the Capulet and Montague households, including Tybalt and Benvolio, who joined the fray. The fight was eventually broken up by the Prince of Verona, who warned both households that any further fighting would be punished by death. The fight sets the stage for the ongoing conflict between the Capulet and Montague families, which drives much of the action throughout the play.