Piracy in the Graeco-Roman WorldThis 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 |
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