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The pirate story illustrates Caesar's myth-making genius because he adjusts details around ransom, friendship, threat, and revenge to create a memorable public image.
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Pirates
The pirate story illustrates Caesar's myth-making genius because he adjusts details around ransom, friendship, threat, and revenge to create a memorable public image.
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Jiang characterizes the Sea Peoples as a combination of pirates and refugees, hungry groups who attacked Egypt because it was the breadbasket of the world.
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"...he was 25, Julius Caesar was kidnapped, captured and kidnapped by pirates. Not a big deal, because he's of the nobility. And it's obvious..."
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"...it everywhere. Okay? The first embellishment he made was this. The pirates asked for a 20 silver talent ransom. Okay? Which is a lot..."
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"The pirates are like, that's really funny, man. Okay? So that's the second embellishment. The third embellishment is, Julius Caesar, after he was released,..."
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"...know is the Sea Peoples, they were basically a combination of pirates and also refugees. These people attacked Egypt because Egypt was the breadbasket..."
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"...food to eat. So they organized into, you know, these large pirate armies. And they overwhelmed entire civilizations. And so we will see a..."
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"...for the United States to do this. the world to be pirates and to see ships but it's okay for the United States to..."
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"global trade to America basically being a mafia state, being pirates, and allowing you to use sea lanes and giving you trade access. Okay,..."
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"...that America is likely to make a movie about saving the pirates in Iran but I think it will be similar as saving pirate..."
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"...became very wealthy, because of piracy, okay? And the most famous pirate of this time, of course, was Sir Francis Drake, and he worked..."
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"...was the heart and center of global trade and that's why pirates kept on raiding troy okay and so now as you also know..."
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"...entire army but Troy's a walled city and these guys are pirates so they cannot destroy Troy so what they did what they do..."
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"...famine. And what do they do? Well, they team up with pirates. Okay? And the pirates and the refugees together overwhelm existing civilization, including..."
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