著者

宮嵜 麻子 Asako Miyazaki

出版者

国際コミュニケーション学会

雑誌

国際経営・文化研究 = Cross-cultural business and cultural studies (ISSN:13431412)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.2, pp.79-92, 2014-03

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Although there are no testimonies which present piracy as crucial menace for Romans, they had increasingly carried out the military actions against pirates by the end of the 2nd. Century B.C. That appears to be explained by two factors:1. An imperialistic tactics: Rome would have presented themselves as a protector of the mediterranean world by the suppression of pirates.2 A measure in the Roman political life: The military success gave Roman elites some political advantages.It would seem that piracy was a political issue for Romans in these two meanings. However, evidences of Roman attack against Cilician pirates in 102-100 B.C. show us that the pirates would have brought Romans into certain critical conditions. The judgment on this supposition requires us an inquiry into the situation in the following century.