In 67 B.C. Pompey's Roman forces cleared out the pirates from this large sea
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Pompey and the Cilician Pirates - UNRV  The people of Rome had great faith in their favorite general to end the foreign threat. Pompey arrived in his territorial command late in 67 BC with a large contingent of ships. ... as a mobile task force to flush out pirate activity and drive them into the territorial fleets ... With the sea secured Pompey turned inland towards Cilicia.
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Appian, Mithridatic Wars, CHAPTER XIV  Pompey invested with the Command--The Pirates in the ... The Romans overlooked these transactions while they were clearing the sea. When this ... B.C. 67...
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Clearing the Decks | Lapham's Quarterly  67 BC | Mediterranean Sea ... While dealing with the pirate problem in 66 bc, Pompey was charged with opposing King ... and he cried out that he was a Roman and told them his name, they pretended to be struck ... Thus the war was finished, and the whole force of the pirates destroyed, within three months at the furthest.
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Cilician pirates - Wikipedia  Cilician pirates dominated the Mediterranean Sea from the 2nd century BC until their speedy suppression by Pompey in 67-66 BC. ... The Balearic Isles were cleared in 120 BC for the same purpose. As a result, the pirates became ... Roman land owners held large plantations worked by slaves. Sicily was notorious for its...
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Pompey - Wikipedia  Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus usually known in English as Pompey ..... A large network of pirates had joined together and ... They sent out fleets when 'they were stirred by ... wars in Rome the Romans left the sea unguarded, ... In 67 BC, three years after Pompey's consulship, the...
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Free Flashcards about ANCIENT ROME - StudyStack  IN 73 B.C., HE ESCAPED FROM A SCHOOL FOR GLADIATORS AND GATHERED AN ARMY OF 70,000 REBELS, SPARTACUS. IRONICALLY, THE LAST...
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Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and their Influence on Greek Art  The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea. ... of about 900 to 700 B.C. ( ... By the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., Greek colonies and settlements stretched all the way from western ... The First Western Greeks.
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Roman conquest of Britain - Wikipedia  The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process, beginning effectively in AD 43 under ... Between 55 BC and the 40s AD, the status quo of tribute, hostages, and ... his troops in battle formation facing the English Channel and, once his forces ... Certainly this invasion attempt readied the troops and facilities that would...
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Veni Vidi Vici - UNRV  When Pompey and the Senate fled Rome from Caesar in 49 BC, he did so without an ... Calvinus gave battle and the Romans acquitted themselves well, but its ... of Crimea revolted, allowing the Romans to recuperate in Asia Minor for the winter. ... In May of 47 BC, Pharnaces camped his army on a hill near the town of Zela...
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Piracy in the Ancient Mediterranean  GraecoMuse  Jun 1, 2012 ... The Egyptians often had clashes with these Sea Peoples who they referred to as ... changes in the history of Mediterranean piracy starting in 67 BC when Rome's ... for those of high status seeking further advancement and adventure. ... than Pompey's (mind saying your being sent out to fight piracy with less...
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Tortuga - Pirate History - The Way of the Pirates  Famous Pirates  History of Piracy  Pirate Life  Pirate Fiction ... In the 17th century, it became the first big establishment of the Buccaneers. ... from one location to another until they finally found the Tortuga as the safest place. Before them, this island inhabited only a small group of Spanish colonists in the southern region.
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Ancient Rome for Kids: The City of Pompeii - Ducksters  Kids learn about the City of Pompeii of Ancient Rome which was destroyed by ... The rich volcanic soil from earlier eruptions of Vesuvius created prime ... official Roman colony in 80 BC called the Colonia Veneria Cornelia Pompeii. ... There was a large amphitheater that could seat around 20,000 people for gladiator games.
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Edge of an Empire | Limes Tourism  The mighty Roman Empire stretched from northern Africa, across to the ... The Romans had conquered the whole of Britain, defeating the Caledonian tribes at the ... years Roman forces withdrew to a line between the river Tyne and Solway Firth. ... abandoned the Wall and built a new frontier 80 miles to the north in Scotland...
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Jeopary Questions page 1699 - MANY "NATION"s - TriviaBistro.com  OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: In 73 B.C., Spartacus & other gladiators escaped training school & fled to this volcano near Pompeii  THE FALL: During this fall...
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Kidnapping Julius Caesar: 75 B.C. - Top 10 Audacious Acts of ...  A band of Cilician pirates kidnapped a 25-year old Roman nobleman on the way to Rhodes. He charmed them, telling his captors to double their ransom...
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Punic Wars - Wikipedia  The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC ... With the end of the Macedonian Wars  which ran concurrently with the ... The First Punic War (264241 BC) was fought partly on land in Sicily and ... In 260 BC they defeated the fledgling Roman navy at the Battle of the Lipari...
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Punic Wars - Ancient History - HISTORY.com  The First Punic War broke out in 264 B.C. when Rome interfered in a dispute on the Carthaginian-controlled island of Sicily; the war ended with Rome in control ... Rome refused to give up, and in 241 B.C. the Roman fleet was able to win a ... In 149 B.C., after Carthage technically broke its treaty with Rome by declaring war...
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Piracy in the Caribbean - Wikipedia  The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and died out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates. The period during which pirates were most successful was from the 1660s to ... They were called buccaneers, from the French "boucanier" (one who smokes...
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Pompey - Wikipedia  Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus usually known in English as Pompey /pmpi/ or Pompey the ... In mid-60 BC, Pompey joined Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius ... Sulla was fighting the First Mithridatic War (8985 BC against Mithridates VI of .... They secretly sabotaged him and meted out severe punishments on the...
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Spartacus | HistoryNet  Jul 31, 2006 ... In 73 BC (BCE) he escaped from a gladiatorial training school at Capua along ... Initially, Rome did not regard the slave army as a serious force and did not ... More than 70,000 slaves had taken up arms and effectively battled local .... It had defeated several Roman forces, but the rebels had not yet faced...
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BBC - Primary History - Romans - Invasion  The Romans ruled Gaul (Gallia they called it). Today it's France. In 55 B.C. the Roman General Julius Caesar led his army across the sea from Gaul to Britain. He wanted to make Britain part of Rome's empire.