Piracy is refers to specialized in maritime robbery robber other ships, sometimes also have some way to fly like the clear good and evil, love life, with a sense of responsibility, heart is broad-minded, dare to adventure, freedom loving, full of self-confidence of pirates. Sometimes it is not a fairly old crime, since the ship has been sailing, there are pirates.. Especially after the development of marine, as long as the commercial developed coastal areas, there are pirates infested. The main characteristic of this kind of crime is the industry, many pirates who separate crime, often by criminal groups in the form of robbery. Because of the particularity and mystery of the pirates, the pirate has become the element of the legendary and even magic in the idea.. Piracy as the theme of the film, television drama, animation, music, computer games are endless. The skeleton pirate flag, the one eyed pirate image, is the fashion element that has become popular in the works.
The history of the pirates has a long history, it can be said that the ship can also have a pirate in the sea.. The earliest recorded pirates appeared in 1350 BC, it recorded a piece of clay tablet. The Phoenicians and later the Carthaginians are excellent navigator, the shipbuilding technology and navigation remote remote lead ahead of the Mediterranean's other ethnic groups -- and, of course, they was Pirates of the Mediterranean lawless, rob a merchant, looted towns, burning, killing, looting, Hornets. So in the "age of Empires" game, the Phoenician nation is best catapult ships, their catapult ships attack speed of 65%, and the Carthaginians the fire ship attack power increased by 25%. In the Roman Empire conquered Carthage and Egypt and the Mediterranean sea there is no other country's fleet the, but the Roman Empire, piracy is still rampant. Even if powerful as the Rome Empire, but because of the beginning of the climate of the pirates and big headache.
From the beginning of the fifth Century BC, the Romans had to deal with Nazareth rack one's brains on the island of Corsica and the pirates,
Ancient Pirates
Although the momentum of piracy is suppressed, the threat remains. Scattered on the Illyrian coast islets, turned out to be the lair of the pirates who had robbed the passing ships, hiding many gold treasures, wine. They are good at shipbuilding, often harassed the coast of Italy. Italy has become the king of the queen teuta a true "predator state", constantly making trouble for the Empire of Rome. Until 219 BC to the Empire of Rome, before the end of her reign.
But by some of the interests of the businessmen, the pirates are not subject to more severe blow, but a rebound momentum. In piracy is rampant day by day, the Roman empire finally unbearable, by general Pompey rate warships 5000 ships, soldiers of 12 million expedition in the Mediterranean, destroying the pirate's lair, make the Mediterranean temporarily recovered a period of calm. If it is said that the pirates are just some little loot merchant, murder and arson role to national fleet and compete, did not become rulers of the scourge -- it's just because their time is yet to come and marine overlord - the Vikings at the moment is still Scandinavian Scandinavian forest chasing the wild deer, after hundreds of years, they will compete in Europe as a whole, robbery throughout Europe!