He told you not to do it…
in 75 BCE, 25 year old Julius Caesar was sailing home on the Aegean sea to return to his newly acquired home his father left him upon his death. He sailed on a tiny ship to go to the new house when he was captured by a group Sicilian pirates.
The pirates took Caesar, 2 of his servants, and a friend of his to their ship as a prisoners and demanded a ransom of 20 talents (roughly $600,000). Rather than freak out and panic for his life, Caesar laughed in their faces. He demanded the pirates ask for 50 talents as 20 was too cheap and they obviously did not know who they had captured. Puzzled, the pirates demanded 50 talents instead. Caesar had his men go collect the silver talents for his freedom. It took them 38 days to get the money.
During his time in captivity with the pirates, Julius Caesar maintained an attitude of superiority. He seemed completely unshaken by the pirates and treated them like they were his subordinates. He spent most of his time with them writing poetry and speeches and then reciting them to the pirates who happened to enjoy the entertainment. Caesar also played games with the pirates and took part in their exercises. He generally acted like he was the captain of the ship and the pirates seemed to be okay with that. Caesar even went as far as to demand the pirates not talk too loudly when he slept as he did not want to be waken up. What a damn badass move that is let me tell ya.
After some time the pirates began to really like Caesar and gave him more freedom on the ship and their island. He was able to walk around as he pleased and seemed to live pretty comfortably with them all things considered. However, he was still a prisoner so they still had some restrictions on his freedom no matter how much they like him. Although he was friendly with the pirates he still hated being help captive. He promised the pirates that when he is freed he would find them and crucify them. The pirates laughed at him “yeah okay bro good luck with that lol”.
Once Caesar was freed He did what he said. He formed a band of 100 men and went looking for the island he was held captive on. The pirates did not take him seriously as when his men got to the island the pirates were still there. He captured all the pirates, took the 50 talents back, and took pretty much all their possessions and returned to Rome. He eventually ordered the pirates crucified as he had promised them.
Moral of the story: Caesar is one damn charismatic badass.
https://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-caesar/caesar-and-the-pirates/