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Why are pirates called pirates?

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Why are pirates called pirates?
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RE: Why are pirates called pirates?
July 6, 2011 at 3:37 pm (This post was last modified: July 6, 2011 at 3:40 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 3, 2011 at 5:50 pm)Epimethean Wrote: and the first famous pirate may well have been Pompey the Great.

Pompey the great more or less stamped out piracy in the Med for the Roman Republic. He was not a pirate himself.

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Why are pirates called pirates?

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Why are pirates called pirates? - by BloodyHeretic - July 3, 2011 at 5:33 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Epimethean - July 3, 2011 at 5:50 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Anomalocaris - July 6, 2011 at 3:37 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by BloodyHeretic - July 6, 2011 at 3:48 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Anomalocaris - July 6, 2011 at 4:07 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Minimalist - July 6, 2011 at 4:12 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Epimethean - July 3, 2011 at 5:53 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 3, 2011 at 5:56 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Epimethean - July 3, 2011 at 5:57 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 3, 2011 at 5:59 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 3, 2011 at 6:32 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Minimalist - July 3, 2011 at 7:13 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 4, 2011 at 10:36 am
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Epimethean - July 3, 2011 at 6:01 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by fr0d0 - July 3, 2011 at 6:30 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by BloodyHeretic - July 3, 2011 at 6:35 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Violet - July 3, 2011 at 7:10 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by kriskiran - July 4, 2011 at 8:40 am
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Epimethean - July 4, 2011 at 9:28 am
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 4, 2011 at 10:39 am
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by leo-rcc - July 4, 2011 at 11:13 am
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by Napoléon - July 4, 2011 at 5:21 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by BloodyHeretic - July 6, 2011 at 3:16 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by BloodyHeretic - July 13, 2011 at 7:59 pm
RE: Why are pirates called pirates? - by padraic - July 14, 2011 at 12:58 am

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