Queen Teuta expressly endorsed this activity by law before she lost in the Illyrian Wars. While ruling Samos as tyrant, Polycrates was accused of sending out hundreds of penteconters to engage in this activity. According to Suetonius, a teenage Julius Caesar made good on an offhand joke by returning to crucify dozens of people who did this at Pharmacusa. The Lex Gabinia tried to counter this activity during the 1st century BCE. (*) Cilicia was a base for people who partook in this activity in whats now Turkey. After helping subdue the slave rev
Queen Teuta expressly endorsed this activity by law before she lost in the Illyrian Wars. While ruling Samos as tyrant, Polycrates was accused of sending out hundreds of penteconters to engage in this activity. According to Suetonius, a teenage Julius Caesar made good on an offhand joke by returning to crucify dozens of people who did this at Pharmacusa. The Lex Gabinia tried to counter this activity during the 1st century BCE. (*) Cilicia was a base for people who partook in this activity in whats now Turkey. After helping subdue the slave revolt of Spartacus, Pompey the Great got expanded proconsular powers to rid the Mediterranean of this activity. For 10 points name this activity which threatened ancient shipments. 