You need to specify where and when in history men attacked tax collectors if you want to make it possible to answer this question.
They were tax collectors and judges.
Franciso Pizarro and his 180 men
Censors-collect taxes,take census-2 elected every 5 years
because the men were all constipated when they attacked so obviously it wouldbe easy for them to just kill them on the toilet
The roman counting board used to solve problems in mathematics was called abacus [άβαξ, in the Greek language]
That was called the Whiskey Rebellion
Tax, whiskey, farmers
The Whiskey Rebellion broke out in 1792 when farmers in western Pennsylvania rose up against the tax on whiskey imposed by the federal government. The farmers felt unfairly burdened by the tax and saw it as a threat to their livelihood. The rebellion was eventually put down by federal troops sent by President George Washington.
At the top were "men of the pen"- scientists, lawyers, etc. Then "men of the sword"- Soldiers, obviously. "Men of negotiation"- merchants, tax collectors, etc. "Men of husbandry"- Farmers and herders. Ascending.
Shay's Rebellion
The whiskey boys hurt the tax collectors all the time.
They were all ordinary men, like shepherds ,fishermen and tax collectors,and atent maker to write the bible.
the king maybe
They were tax collectors and judges.
the men chosen as tax collectors knew they were unpopular, and those in Boston were protected by two regiments of redcoats (bristish soilders).
There were two tax collectors one was Matthew and the other was Zachaeus.
A tax collector in ancient Rome was an "exactor".