In 75 BCE, band of pirates on the Aegean Sea kidnapped young Roman aristocrat. The twenty-five-year-old hostage refused to behave like captive, demanded to rise his ransom from 20 to 50 talents of silver, commanded them, making them listen to his speeches and poems. He also joined their exercises and games, but he always threaten pirates as subordinates, sometimes even threaten to have them all crucified. Pirates thought he was overconfident, spoiled brat and took this as a joke. Unfortunately for them, they were wrong. After ransom was paid, the young Roman named Julius Caesar, managed to raise naval force, despite he was not a public or military figure. He found and captured pirates and had them crucified¹⁾.