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331 - Julius Caesar: Roman Daddy Dictator

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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According to Plutarch, Cesar spent time with his captors while the ransom was collected. He quote, wrote poems and sundry speeches, which he read aloud to them. The pirates were delighted by this attributed his boldness of speech to a certain simplicity in boyish mirth. Other sources say that he had some of the pirates throat slit before they were crucified in a show of leniency.

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