Lady Seahawke Posted July 5, 2004 Posted July 5, 2004 Fla. Professor Searches for Pirate Ships - AP via Yahoo! News (Jul 4, 2004) "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - When the Roman Empire got tired of pirates terrorizing shipping lanes and nearly bringing the known world's trade to a halt, it went after them hard. Roman general Pompey reportedly took just 40 days to locate and wipe out the ships and crews that were preying on shipping. It has taken much, much longer for modern scientists to again find the pirates of the eastern Mediterranean. Cheryl Ward, an anthropology professor at Florida State University, hopes she's on the verge of locating some of the pirate ships that a thorn in the side of the Romans 2,100 years ago. Finding one or more them may help provide a unique window into what the larger world looked like at the time. ..............." The above is just a portion of the article...thought you might enjoy seeing it...of course if you read further down in the article...it also took Pompey....Pompey had 120,000 men and 270 ships looking for pirates. Hope she finds at least one of the Pirate ships it would be interesting to see what they looked like... The rest of the article can be seen at : http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...mediterranean_1 http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/RCWPfrpg.htm that is the link to the "Rough Cilicia Maritime Archaeological Survey Project 2004." It has more information on the project itself with the history of the area...part of it states..... "By the end of the 2nd century BCE, Cilicia was home to one of the largest pirate operations in the world. During the Roman occupation of these lands, .....The Mediterranean waters off the coast of Cilicia have just begun to be surveyed. The goals of the 2004 season are to investigate aspects of the ancient Mediterranean economy affected by the Roman-period pirates, examine the resources of the region that may have been important trade goods, and focus on the role of luxury trade as a stimulus for regional surplus production" The Maritime Project site has some pics of the area being searched.... if you have trouble logging on from it...just cut and past... Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near...
hitman Posted July 5, 2004 Posted July 5, 2004 Now that is cool. Hope they find them. THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET
Capt. Flint Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Sounds most interesting... Keep us informed as to any new events that unfold.......
Capt. Morgan Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Oops! Lady Seahawke beat me to it... I just posted CNN news' version... good to see the story making more than one news source, though! Touche' Ship's Marksman & Crab Fiend Pyrates of the Coast "All the skill in the world goes out the window if an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket." "Florida points like a guiding thumb, To the southern isles of rumba and rum, To the mystery cities and haunted seas, Of the Spanish Main and the Caribbees..."
Zorg Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Pompeii had a bone to pick with em. I seem to remember he was captured and ransomed by pirates at some point in his career. :) Drop a kitten six feet, and she grins... Drop an elephant six feet, and ya gots yerself a mess ta clean up.... Sometimes bein' the biggest and most powerful is the LAST thing you wanna be..... Mad Ozymandias Zorg the Unsnottered
Red Maria Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Pompeii had a bone to pick with em. I seem to remember he was captured and ransomed by pirates at some point in his career. :) Nay that wa Julius Ceaser. He was captured by Cilian (sp?) pirates. Made friends he did with them ( being the charmer he was) till he was ramsomed. He then took a ship to meet up with his 'frineds' and captured them and crucified them. The people at Zena Warrior Princess took that bit of history and Xena-fied it. :)
Zorg Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Right yar Maria, twas Julie as I think on it. They Xenafied it? Musta missed thatun. Drop a kitten six feet, and she grins... Drop an elephant six feet, and ya gots yerself a mess ta clean up.... Sometimes bein' the biggest and most powerful is the LAST thing you wanna be..... Mad Ozymandias Zorg the Unsnottered
Red Maria Posted July 6, 2004 Posted July 6, 2004 Right yar Maria, twas Julie as I think on it.They Xenafied it? Musta missed thatun. Yup. It was Zena that ole' Julie crucified in the Zenaverse.
Lady Seahawke Posted July 7, 2004 Author Posted July 7, 2004 Well now, if you want to read some interesting things on what seems to be the first golden age of pyracy....lol....damn according to this link... http://www.piratesinfo.com/fact/general_(2).html our ancient sisters and brethren were extremely brassen in fact .... Men of "wealth and good family," in the words of Plutarch, joined the pirate forces as "soldiers of fortune" gained a reputation of glory and wealth. Ships with gilded sails, purple draping and silvered oars became the mark of the pirate ship as their standard of living rose. but tis fun to read the rest of the information at the above link....well, been finding very interesting items...lol... Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near...
hitman Posted July 11, 2004 Posted July 11, 2004 Yeah the golden age of pyracy in the med didn't end till pretty recently. Greeks, Romans, carthage, vikings, various other europeans, the moors, pretty much since man discovered the waves there has been pirates in the med. Hey they even got a mention in The Marine Corp. hymn, Course for that matter the Corsairs of the Med. are pretty much the reason we have a permanet navy today. Quess piracy has what one might call timeless appeal mates! THIS BE THE HITMAN WE GOIN QUIET
Lady Seahawke Posted July 11, 2004 Author Posted July 11, 2004 Aye, in the book "The Mammoth book of Eyewitness -Ancient Rome - the history of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire in the words of those who were there" is a section called "Piracy in Sicily, 71BC." Written by Marcus Ciero...in 71BC. really good. Ok, I know it isn't the Carribean...but piracy in all its forms gives a good back ground as to why the Western golden age came about... Hey the above gives a description of a battle pretty close to blow by blow...oh, btw-in the battle the pirates won... a round in honor of and for our ancient brethren..... Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near...
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