PIRATES OF THE
ANCIENT WORLD
MEDITERRANEAN MARAUDERS
TRADE AND WAR
Merchant ships, such as that on the
left of this sixth-century b.c. Greek
bowl, were targets of pirates in
antiquity. Naval warships, such as the
one on the right, were periodically
deployed to quash piracy. British
Museum, London
BRITISH MUSEUM/RMN-GRAND PALAIS