Parker Gordon on Instagram: "⚓ A Young Julius Caesar and the Cilician Pirates | 75 BC Always open to critiques of my Latin translations and pronunciations. Date note (why 75 BC): Caesar was born in 100 BC, and ancient sources describe his capture occurring when he was about 25 years old while sailing to Rhodes to study oratory after military service in Asia Minor. Aligning these details, historians place the event around 75 BC, as supported by Plutarch (Life of Caesar 2–3) and Suetonius (Divus J