article_snippet: Italian scientists say Main fort may have been used to fight off pirates 2,000 years ago and possibly paved the way for the modern Italian city of Trieste.
article_snippet: Italian scientists say Main fort may have been used by to fight off pirates 2,000 years ago, paving the way for what is today the city of Trieste .
article_snippet: The early Romans were keen to protect a settlement called Tergeste - which grew to become Trieste - from the people to the north which The early Romans referred to as pirates.
article_snippet: the Romans were keen to protect a settlement called Tergeste - which grew to become Trieste - from the people to the north which the Romans referred to as pirates .