Caesar et Pīrātae

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Quis Gaiī Iūliī Caesaris, omnium imperātōrum Rōmānōrum audācissimīque, nōn audīvit? legiōnēs Rōmānās in dīversās partēs Eurōpae, Asiae, Africae duxit, multōs populōs anteā incognitōs cognōvit, hostēs innumerābilēs . sed, cum adhuc iuvenis erat nec quicquam dē rē sciēbat, pīrātārum crūdēlium captīvus fuit. per aquās tranquillās maris nāvigābat, cum subitō nāvem pīrātae. nautās omnēs gladiīs longīs et acūtīs interfēcērunt et corpora eōrum in mare dēiēcērunt. sed Caesarem in cavernam secrētam abstraxērunt, et magnam pecūniae cōpiam ā parentibus eius poposcērunt. Caesar in spēluncā remōtā cum pīrātīs diū , sed spem numquam perdidit. ‘cūr intrepidus es, puer?’ nōn semel rogāvērunt pīrātae. ‘captīvī nostrī nōs magnopere timēre solent’. Caesar semper respondit: ‘intrepidus sum, et mē nōn terrētis, quod post lībertātem meam cum mīlitibus Rōmānīs ad spēluncam vestram reveniam et vōs omnēs in crucem impōnam’. audāciam puerīlem rīdēbant pīrātae, sed Caesaris nōn inānia erant, nam post tempus cruciāvit omnēs.