8 sentences with 'captured'

Example sentences and phrases with the word captured and other words derived from it.

« In addition, a recycler captured the blood flowing out of his chest cavity and returned it to his veins. »
« Darius I captured his moment of triumph in a huge image carved into a rock face (the 'Behistun Inscription') that depicts his victory over the lesser kings and traces his royal lineage to a shared ancestor with Cyrus the Great. »
« The invasion became a nightmare for the Athenians, with every ship captured or sunk and almost every soldier killed or captured and sold into slavery; this dramatically weakened the Athenian army. »
« There was also a thriving slave trade among all the great civilisations of the ancient world; African slaves were captured and sold in Egypt, Greek slaves to Persia (despite its nominal ban on slavery, it is clear that at least some slavery existed in Persia), nomadic people from the steppes in the Black Sea ports, and so on. »
« Much of the "booty" captured in Roman campaigns was made up of human beings, and Roman soldiers were eager to capitalise on the captives they took by selling them on their return to Italy. »
« At the same time, the vast amount of wealth captured in military campaigns was often siphoned off by the elites, who found ways to seize large portions of land and plunder with each campaign. »
« Not only were slaves captured in war, but children born to slave mothers were automatically slaves as well. »
« Emperor Valerian was captured by the Persian king Shapur I while leading a Roman army against Persia and, according to some accounts, was used as the Persian king's personal footstool to get on his horse. »

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