idem obsecrantes, captivum vulgus ut auro pensarent parvo (nec pauca fuere precantum milia), miranti durarunt prodere Poeno.
Likewise, when they were begged to ransom at an easy rate the multitude of Roman prisonerse'and the number of petitioners rose to many thousands'they persisted, to the astonishment of Hannibal, in their refusal to redeem them.
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