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RagingLeonard t1_j19cmtj wrote

It costs around $17,400 to equip an average US Army infantryman. Empire is expensive.

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Thedmfw t1_j19og7t wrote

That's just equipment. The cost to train a soldier to the point that they get issued that equipment is in the 40ks by now.

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RagingLeonard t1_j19pnl0 wrote

Correct, but my comment was in relation to OP's question regarding the costs of Roman swords. Training and food/healthcare/shelter are huge expenses for a military for sure.

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r2k-in-the-vortex t1_j1cn8yd wrote

That's dirt cheap compared to what it takes to get from embryo to grown-up. It's hard to overpay for equipment that keeps you alive.

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marijne t1_j1edp7r wrote

Indeed dirt cheap, when I started as a management trainee in my company they spend about 70k on me in half a year in training

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