Pirate

:This article is about sea pirates. For other uses see Pirate (disambiguation)

Victims

• Early Polynesian warriors attacked seaside and riverside villages. They used the sea for their hit and run tactics - a safe place to retreat to if the battle turned against them.
• The Sea Peoples were pirates who attacked ancient Egypt.
• 67 B.C. - As a young man, Julius Caesar was captured by pirates and held for ransom. Later, he and Pompey attacked and destroyed the pirate stronghold nests on islands throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
• Irish pirates attacked Roman trade vessels.
• In the 3rd century, pirate attacks on Olympus (city in Anatolia) brought impoverishment.
• Saint Patrick was captured and enslaved by Irish pirates.
• The Vikings were Scandinavian pirates who attacked the British isles and Europe from the sea.
• In 937, Irish pirates sided with the Scots, Vikings, Picts, and Welsh in their invasion of England. Athelstan drove them back.
• During the Children's Crusade, Arab pirates may have captured and enslaved thousands of Christian children.
• Environmentalist and yachtsman Peter Blake was killed by pirates in 2001.