Carlo Romussi

Carlo Romussi (10 December 1847 – 2 March 1913) was an Italian lawyer, journalist, and politician.

He moved to Milan, and gradually abandoned the practice of law, and began writing columns about Milanese history for the journal Il Secolo and became its director from 1896-1909.

In his historical writing, he was mentored by the historian Cesare Cantù.

In the newspaper, he worked alongside Edoardo Sonzogno.

In 1898, he was arrested, along with other newspaper editors, for his pronouncements regarding the food riots of May 6–9, 1898 in Milan, that led to the Bava Beccaris massacre.