Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World

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Cambridge University Press, Jul 11, 2002 - History - 276 pages
This book is an historical study of piracy in the ancient Greek and Roman world. It examines the origins and growth of piracy, the impact of piracy on trade, and the relationship between warfare and piracy, and evaluates attempts to suppress piracy by the states and rulers of the ancient world. A major innovation is the author's discussion of the way that pirates and piracy are portrayed in major works of classical literature, including Homer, Cicero and the ancient novels.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
The origins of piracy from the Bronze
15
Hellenistic piracy
43
Cilician piracy
97
Pompey and the pirates
149
Pax Romana
179
Piracy in Late Antiquity
225
Conclusions
241
General index
254
Index of sources
266
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