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Zoto, the Lombard duke of Beneventum, returning from Rome, which had ransomed itself, destroyed St. Benedict's monastery of Monte Cassino, in 580.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

The bishop had ransomed many Christian slaves—prisoners taken in war, or captured by pirates.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

News had come that Hmelnitski, having raised the siege of Lvoff, which had ransomed itself after a number of assaults, had invested Zamost, and night and day was storming that last rampart of the Commonwealth.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

And among them, as later I heard in my bed, was Randal Rutherford, who had ransomed himself out of the hands of the French in Paris, whereat I was right glad. 

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

After Pegasius had ransomed Solomon from captivity among the Levathae, and the barbarians had returned home, Solomon and Pegasius, who had ransomed him, set out, accompanied by a few soldiers, to Carthage.

From The Secret History of the Court of Justinian by Procopius