Julius Caesar

In 75 B.C., Julius Caesar was captured by Cilician pirates, who infested the Mediterranean Sea. Caesar was kidnapped by pirates who didn’t know who he was. He joined them in their all exercises and games for 38 days. He also wrote poems and speeches which he read aloud to them. They demanded twenty talents of silver for his ransom. Caesar was offended and demanded they ask at least fifty talents, which they got.

Caesar joked that he was going to have them arrested and crucified when they let him go, which they all found very funny and laughed with him. He was set free then. He immediately manned some ships and set sail from the harbor of Miletus against the pirates. He found them still there, lying at anchor off the island. He captured all of them and crucified them, just as he had often told them he would do when he was set free.