Where Have All The Pirates Gone?

Pirates have been among us for ages, so where are they now?

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Recently I’ve been watching all five of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies again, I love watching them and while watching them I wondered where did all the pirates go?

Now, the word “piracy” is mostly known for downloading illegal things.

But it has existed for as long as the human brain can remember. It’s taking something that isn’t yours: stealing. Because that’s what pirates do, right Jack?

Let’s see where they went.

The First Known Pirates

Until a certain point in history, there isn't much documented at all, so we don’t know for sure whether these pirates were the first or not, but people were sailing the Mediterranean seas around the 11th and 12th centuries before Christ.

Those pirates were mostly Greek, Roman, or Egyptian.

One famous ancient pirate story is Odyssey, a classic tale about a Greek hero sailing the seas.

During the heydays of the Roman Empire, piracy wasn’t appreciated at all, it was illegal and several emperors tried to beat piracy and they would after a couple of years of difficult battles.