Julius Caesar Gets Captured By Pirates #funfact

At 25, Julius Caesar was captured by pirates.

[BùiHiểuĐông]

The role reversal moment between Caesar and the pirates is something that needs to be remembered for the entirety of history.

[Ilikeducksbroski]

Ceaser really said im worth more than that

[JeStm]

Caesar actually lenient enough to warn them. They just didn't listen

[Supperdude]

Bro literally told them "Don't be on the island tomorrow" and they still were.

[duncanchin]

I like how he treated them as subordinates and liked them so much that he didn’t crucified them

[amberv]

Caesar: "ah I'm just joking guys! You were great company! I'm not going to crucify you"
Pirates: *celebrating*
Caesar: "I'm just going to execute you instead"
Pirates: "but...."

[ArashiNoSeito]

Never though I'd hear the sentence "he showed them leniency and had them all executed instead"

[Morlev]

It's worth noting the story was told entirely by Caesar himself, which has tendency exaggerate his feats.

[murialvoid]

I like how going from crucifixion to just a regular execution was considered leniency😅

[Jblast]

He gave them a fair warning to leave with the money they got

[LieutenantLettuce]

I could be mistaken, but im pretty sure that the 50 talents that were paid as ransom weren't actually Caesar's, but were raised by his allies, and when Caesar killed the pirates and reclaimed the talents, he kept the money. In the end, getting kidnapped gained Caesar 50 talents.

[ElDimes]

"Im upset, 20 talents on my head is disrespect"

[shykorustotora]

Caesar really was the IRL "I have 100 in Speech" guy

[Jeremy.Bearemy]

"Hahaha you're actually pretty cool"

"Hahaha thanks, you too. You know I'm gonna kill you, right?"

"Hahaha wut?"

[ivyorion]

he pulled an UNO reverse card on them.
what a CHAD

[ebpebpq]

Keep in mind that One Silver Talent was roughly $16, 500. Meaning, Caesar demanded his ransom be some $825, 000

[Confederation_of_the_Rhine]

"Ask my kidnappers if I'm just a shit talker" is a line from ERB that's based off this specific event. Pretty cool, I guess

[disneydork]

Wild that his kidnappers liked him while he was treating them like staff. Dude this is the sort of attitude that got you stabbed by all your friends!

[OMIMox]

Ever since I heard about this a few years ago, I bring it up to people when the conversation of Caesar comes up. Somehow it always tends to get laughs, same with the Spartan "if' letter to Philip.

[avecaesar]

"I thought you were cool bro"
"I am"