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During a travel to Rhodes, Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates. Caesar sent his followers to various cities to collect the ransom money. In all he was held for thirty-eight days in the island of Pharmacusa and would often laughingly threaten to have them all crucified. True to his word, as soon as he was ransomed and released, he organized a naval force, captured the pirates and their island stronghold and put them to death by crucifixion as a warning to other pirates. However, since they had treated him well, he had their legs broken before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.