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Julius Caesar and the Pirates
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While a young man and on his way to college none other than Julius Caesar's ship was attacked by pirates. He was captured for ransom. But rather than a normal experience, he treated his captors like his servants, and told them exactly what he was going to do to them when he was freed. And in true Caesar fashion, he did exactly that.
Sources
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/velleius_paterculus/2b*.html
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-caesar/caesar-and-the-pirates/
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-time-julius-caesar-was-captured-by-pirates
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Manage episode 514683105 series 3652179
While a young man and on his way to college none other than Julius Caesar's ship was attacked by pirates. He was captured for ransom. But rather than a normal experience, he treated his captors like his servants, and told them exactly what he was going to do to them when he was freed. And in true Caesar fashion, he did exactly that.
Sources
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/velleius_paterculus/2b*.html
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-caesar/caesar-and-the-pirates/
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-time-julius-caesar-was-captured-by-pirates
History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com
Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected]
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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