. Read the paragraph and choose a sentence that describes it best. On the way across the Aegean Sea, Caesar was kidnapped by pirates and held prisoner. He maintained an attitude of superiority throughout his captivity. The pirates demanded a ransom of 20 talents of silver, but he insisted that they ask for 50. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, before imprisoning them. He had them crucified on his own authority, as he had promised while in captivity—a promise that the pirates had taken as a joke.

a) Caesar was a vane man who thought 20 talents is too little of a ransom
b) Caesar was very brave and kept to his word to kill the pirates
c) Pirates didn’t believe Caesar will kill them because he was their prisoner