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Population of Roman Empire cities
Britannicus:
--- Quote from: Vespasian70 on May 18, 2004, 11:03:54 pm ---Ostia-50,000
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I was in Ostia Antica last year and spent a whole long day wandering around the ruins with a good map. OK, I took a break for lunch, but I didn't get to see every street, I was so tired. Ostia must have been a fairly big place. Allowing for much denser living conditions than we'd tolerate, I find a figure of 50,000 quite plausible.
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