Larssnowpharter
<<Pompey's campaign …. Basically, he cleared the Med of pirates in less than 90 days. His regnum extended inland some 50 km and he also resettled some of the pirates
recognising that they had been driven to the profession. >>
As a spokesman for the Somali pirates claimed – with the disruption to the country they had been unable to protect fisheries which foreign boats plundered. I seem to recall him suggesting something like that fisheries protection by the “west” could have been a good idea for the long term with some kind of aid in the short term.