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Where Did Piracy Start?
It may be reasonable to assume that piracy has existed for as long as the seas were plied for commerce. The earliest reported instances of piracy are the ventures of the Ocean Peoples who threatened the Aegean and Mediterranean in the 14th century BC. [ 5 ] In classical antiquity, the Illyrians and Tyrrhenians were referred to as buccaneers, in addition to Greeks and Romans. During their trips the Phoenicians seem to have actually at times resorted to piracy, and focused on kidnapping boys and girls to be offered as slaves.
In the Third century BC, pirate attacks on Olympos (urban area in Anatolia) brought impoverishment. Among some of one of the most renowned old pirateering peoples were the Illyrians, occupying the european Balkan cape. Regularly raiding the Adriatic Ocean, the Illyrians caused lots of conflicts with the Roman Republic. It was not till 168 BC when the Romans finally dominated Illyria and made it a province that their risk was ended.
During the 1st century BC, there were pirate states along the Anatolian coast, endangering the commerce of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean. On one voyage across the Aegean Ocean in 75 BC, Julius Caesar was abducted and quickly held by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Pharmacusa.
The Senate ultimately invested with powers to manage piracy in 67 BC (the Lex Gabinia), and Pompey after three months of marine rivalry managed to reduce the risk.
As early as 258 AD, the Gothic-Herulic fleet ravaged towns on the shores of the Black Ocean and Sea of Marmara. The Aegean coast experienced comparable attacks a couple of years later. In 264, the Goths got to Galatia and Cappadocia, and Gothic pirates landed on Cyprus and Crete. At the same time, the Goths took huge booty and took thousands in to bondage.
In 286 AD, Carausius, a Roman army leader of Gaulish beginnings, was selected to command the Classis Britannica, and provided the responsibility of removing Frankish and Saxon pirates that had been raiding the shores of Armorica and Belgic Gaul.
In the Roman district of Britannia, Saint Patrick was captured and enslaved by Irish buccaneers.
Early Polynesian warriors attacked seaside and riverside towns. They donned the sea for their hit-and-run techniques-- a risk-free place to retreat to if the conflict rebelled them. Free Psychic Readings Online Chat
