Ceterum Indiam et inde Oceanum petiturus, ne quid a tergo quod destinata impedire posset, moveretur, ex omnibus provinciis xxx milia iuniorum legi iussit et ad se armata perduci, obsides simul habiturus  et milites.
But the king, intending to go on to India and from there to the Ocean, lest there should be any disturbance in his rear which could interfere with his plans, ordered 30,000 of the younger men to be selected from all the provinces and brought to him under arms, intending to have them at once as hostages  and as soldiers.
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