Caesar & the Pirates // Plutarch 75 AD // Roman Source

The beginnings of a legend.

The year is 75 BC and Julius Caesar is not yet the mammoth figure he will become. Originally set to be a priest of Jupiter, he was stripped of his title and his inheritance after his family was involved in a bitter civil war, turning to work as a legal advocate in Rome to make his way.

This story comes to us from Plutarch, who relates this early example of young Julius' remarkable confidence - almost verging on arrogance - in the face of very real danger; being captured by Cilician pirates whilst crossing the Aegean Sea.

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