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Rough Roman Memes

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"20 talents of silver? Raise my ransom to, say... 50!" (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The best part is Caesar would threaten to have them crucified all the time and the pirates thought he was joking. So, once the ransom was paid and Caesar was set free, he went about raising a naval force, captured them, and crucified the lot.

What a joker that Caesar was.

[โ€“] PugJesus 13 points 3 months ago

Dohohohoho!

It's okay. They were pirates. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them!