Disposing of the leftovers

**lars573** · 07-15-2005, 15:25

Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good

This just makes me wish capturing soldiers like you can in MTW.

Selling for ransom would be cool. And there are some people who would enjoy executing prisoners. (Not me. Honest. I swear!

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Except in the RTW era they wouldn't be ransomed but sold into slavery, to be worked to death. Or killed out right.

**Asakura Lord** · 07-15-2005, 16:54

Originally Posted by lars573

Except in the RTW era they wouldn't be ransomed but sold into slavery, to be worked to death. Or killed out right.

True. Roman's didn't care about getting any ransom would rather have free labor.

It would be nice if you had the option to either capture or kill the fleeing army. Afterwards give the option to either sell the captured men or kill them. Another idea, give the captured an option to either join your army, or be sold into slavery. They could be like mercs where you can't retrain them, and the chance they revolt would be there also.

**Oaty** · 07-15-2005, 19:49

Originally Posted by lars573

Except in the RTW era they wouldn't be ransomed but sold into slavery, to be worked to death. Or killed out right.

Well Hannibal tried to ransom 10,000 Romans but the senate refused the offer and any family members trying to ransom back therefamily member would be persecuted.

Ransom always did exist just not commonly exercised until around the 10th to 13th century or so.

**Colovion** · 07-15-2005, 20:13

Originally Posted by oaty

Well Hannibal tried to ransom 10,000 Romans but the senate refused the offer and any family members trying to ransom back therefamily member would be persecuted.

Ransom always did exist just not commonly exercised until around the 10th to 13th century or so.

Yeah between larger gov'ts you would find ransoming in effect (like the stated example) but the Middle Ages was the time period when the most records depict ransoming becoming widespread. Kings, Nobles and Barons have a lot of gold; and people knew that and would try to get all they could out of them before returning them. Ordinary soldiers would probably only have been considered "Ransomable" if their leadership was respected enough.