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Kinda curious about this strange question lol

Let’s say it’s around 117 AD, during the reign of Emperor Trajan, when Rome was at its greatest extent.

What is the absolute minimum amount of modern military power you would need to make Rome surrender?

For example, if you sent 1 guy with an assault rifle, he could probably kill a lot of Roman soldiers, but eventually he would run out of ammunition and get killed. A few fighter jets could obviously do a lot of damage and probably scare them so much that they surrender, but that seems like massive overkill. Even a few thousand modern soldiers with assault rifles, tanks, and artillery would probably be way more than necessary.

So what is the minimum? (You need to either take Rome by force or make them surrender)

I honestly think 100(maybe even 50) modern soldiers with a tank or 2 could potentially be enough. The sound and power of modern guns and artillery would be completely unprecedented to the Romans. Maybe they would be so terrified that they would just surrender.

But maybe I’m underestimating the Romans. What do you guys think?

The Soviet Union and communism were seen as an existential threat for as long as the USSR existed, and Britain and France obviously hated the Soviet Union. And everybody knew Hitler’s ultimate goal, especially after reading Mein Kampf, was to invade the Soviet Union.

So why not make some kind of pact with Germany? Like, let Germany, Britain, and France all go against the Soviet Union, with the goal of invading the USSR and destroying communism. Then, after the Soviet Union had been defeated and Germany had been weakened by the fighting, Britain and France could deal with Germany afterward.

I mean why not make a treaty with hitler all three will attack the ussr together and leave much of the work to germany and weaken them ?

I know this probably would not have worked in reality and I am too stupid to see why tbh lol, but I’m asking why Britain and France didn’t at least consider something along those lines. They hated the Soviet Union, and Hitler literally wanted to destroy it anyway and they would have weakend each other.

tbh Hitler made a lot of mistakes later he was very incompetent, especially with the invasion of the Soviet Union. He invaded the USSR while Britain was still fighting Germany, and then declared war on the USA for basically no beneficial reason.