103: “Julius Caesar and the Pirates”

Interesting Things with JC #103: “Julius Caesar and the Pirates” - In the Aegean Sea, pirates seized 25-year-old Roman nobleman Julius Caesar, en route to study in Rhodes. According to Plutarch, while the capture proved a minor inconvenience for Caesar, it spelled bad luck for the pirates.


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