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Ransom Of Julius Caesar Research Paper

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Julius Caesar is one of my favorite Greek leaders. Some of the things that he has done sound unreal, and are very unknown. One time, in 75 B.C., he was kidnapped by pirates. He was in his mid-20s, and had he set out from Rome for the Aegean island of Rhodes. He planned to study with Apollonius who was a Greek rhetorician whose students had included Cicero, who became a famous orator in Rome. However, along the way to Rhodes, Caesar’s ship was hijacked by pirates off the southwestern coast of Asia Minor. When the pirates named a ransom price for his release, Caesar thought the number was insultingly low and told them he deserved a higher ransom be demanded. Eventually, the higher ransom was paid and Caesar was freed. Soon after, he sought revenge

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