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"20 talents of silver? Raise my ransom to, say... 50!" (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/roughromanmemes
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know the story, but not the motivation for the increase in ransom: just vanity?

[–] PugJesus 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

More likely to be prestige. Caesar was, at the time, trying to make a name for himself. Having a high ransom paid for him makes him more notable, which helps his political ambitions.

Also may have made the pirates more inclined to tolerate his nonsense aboard their ship instead of cutting his throat and throwing him overboard, lmao

[–] whotookkarl 4 points 2 days ago

Also may just be a story and told that way because it grows the legend of Cesar