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Answer: Do you know how HARD it is to pay for a professional army upkeep? I d.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest How did Ancient Rome manage to pay for a professional army, whereas most Medieval states didn't? Daryl Tew 140 votes Do you know how HARD it is to pay for a professional army upkeep? I don't think the answer is how good the Roman Empire was at funding their army. In fact, it was a recipe f...  Read More » What is Donald Trump like in person? Luke Watson, Celebrity & marketing expert, pop-culture aficionado, history enthusiast 1.6k votes I worked in Trump Tower for 5 years ... not for Donald Trump, but within his vicinity. In all of that time, I only ran into him a handful of times, but it seems that my enc...  Read More » What is the lifestyle & schedule like as a US Senator? Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator for Massachusetts 657 votes I have a commuting job. Monday afternoon through Thursday night, I'm in Washington – committee hearings, legislation, constituent meetings, policy expert briefings, and flo...  Read More » If an Abrams tank fought with 20,000 Spartans, who would win? Balaji Viswanathan, PM at Black Duck Software; entrepreneur; former Microsoft engineer. 579 votes When we think of Spartans, we think of just their Phalanx formation and assume that they will be stupid enough to take on a Abrams tank head on. They don't need a Molotov c...  Read More » World War II: What would have happened if Germany had surrendered in 1944 rather than fought to the end? Brandon Li, I have enough of an education to know how to use Google and the library 167 votes The Allies weren't going to accept anything but unconditional surrender and Germany was in no position to get anything resembling a victory. On July 20, 1944, Germany was in...  Read More » If Canada and Mexico went to war what would happen? Mike Bowerbank 518 votes Serious answer: It would be a pretty ridiculous war. Let's omit the implausibility of such a war breaking out, as this is a "what if" type question. ... Read More » What was Europe like around 400 B.C.? Richard Paul, archeologist, economist, pilot 370 votes This picture shows very precisely how they lived in those days in Central Europe. They had wooden houses (painted, they loved white color), pigs, cows, chickens and some s...  Read More » What happened to the returning German soldiers that were captured by the Russians at Stalingrad? Specifically, if they originated from what was then deemed "West Germany" were they permitted to return to their own home? Tobias Engelmeier, founder of Bridge to India, renewables, business models, investment 210 votes My grandfather was one of 5,000 German soldiers who came back from Stalingrad. This is what I know about it. He was a lieutenant in the postal service, the Feldpost, with th...  Read More » What modern firearms would fare well against dinosaurs in a war setting? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veterans, and Middle Eastern Affairs. 1.4k votes I'm going to limit myself to weapons one person or a team of people could use. No vehicles since of course, a tank or aircraft carrier could take out a dinosaur. My sugge... Read More » Is it true that traitors and criminals in the Roman Empire could be sentenced to be ripped to death by animals? Maximilian Singer, a student of history 219 votes This certainly wasn’t a standard practice and those events where we do have accounts about such forms of punishment are of a very dubious nature. We do however have account... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.