Seafaring Merchant
Trade in the Mediterranean and other seas was always difficult because of the always present threat of the pirates, they marauded the trading routes looking for people to loot. Pirates would often attack merchant ships and then loot the ships of money, goods and treasures, they also overtook ships and killed the crew which made it very dangerous to be a seafaring merchant. When Julius Caesar was captured by the pirates he got friendly with them and discovered where their island was, once he was free he took a small fleet to the island and had all the pirates crucified. When the pirates were killed it increased safety made it easier for merchants to trade, bring in more and new goods from other places and export Roman goods to other places. The merchants also saved thousands of aureus (gold coins) and trade in the Roman empire flourished under the rule of Julius Caesar. This increase in trade also lead to Roman culture spreading beyond Rome and brought other cultures into Rome.