corsair-castles

Updated: May 26, 2025

Great numbers of such corsair-castles existed especially in the Rough Cilicia, the forests of which at the same time furnished the pirates with the most excellent timber for shipbuilding; and there, accordingly, their principal dockyards and arsenals were situated.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Great numbers of such corsair-castles existed especially in the Rough Cilicia, the forests of which at the same time furnished the pirates with the most excellent timber for shipbuilding; and there, accordingly, their principal dockyards and arsenals were situated.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy