Piracy in the Ancient World by Ormerod (hardcover)

Description: Responding to the threat of piracy, the Greeks established their primary cities inland for protection and even in their North African and Sicilian outposts they left coastal land uncultivated. Mariners feared pirate ships around every promontory and sought protection from the navies of such states as Rhodes and Crete. The Romans were beset in the time of their early Republic by "Tyrreanean" pirates based in the south of Italy and during the last years of the Empire by the Cilician pirates of Asia Minor. When one great pirate, Sextus Pompeiius, was finally suppressed, rather than being punished he was charged with ridding the seas of his former followers. His attempts failed.

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Type: Book

Features: Dust Jacket

Original Language: English

Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Incorporated

Publication Year: 1988

Topic: Maritime History & Piracy

Book Title: Piracy in the Ancient World

Number of Pages: 291 Pages

Language: English

Genre: History

Author: Henry A. Ormerod

Book Series: Dorset Press Reprints Ser.

Format: Hardcover