A. When one mentions pirates, an image springs to most people’s minds of a crew of misfits, daredevils and adventurers… Under the command of the Roman general Pompey, Rome eradicated piracy.

B. Although piracy in the Mediterranean is first recorded in ancient Egypt… Geography itself further benefited the pirates… ships were restricted to a few well-known navigable routes that followed the coastline.

C. Governments to resort to pirates’ services, especially during wartime…

D. The first known record of a named group… the king of Alashiya (modern Cyprus) rejected Akhenaten’s claims of a connection with the Lukka.

E. Homer not only condones, but praises the lifestyle… Athenian ambassadors made a detour from their official travel to capture a ship.

F. Pirate attacks on grain ships led to angry voices… asking for a large ransom to be paid for Julius Caesar.

G. In 67 BCE… Pompey divided the entire Mediterranean into 13 districts… many more were offered land in fertile areas.