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A “Simple Boy” That Wasn’t Naive: Julius Caesar’s Adventure with Pirates

August 13, 2022
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Although Rome protected the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas, it was a mainland power and it was a challenge to go against the rising power of pirates, even for powerful Roman leaders just like Julius Caesar.