Ancient Roman Population Revisited

Posted by admin, October 30th, 2009

Researchers who looked at the distribution of buried coins (in lieu of savings accounts) in the ancient world has led to new population data for the Roman Empire. The study concludes that the total population of the Roman Empire during the end of the first century BCE was 4 to 5 million. Ancient Roman Population Revisited originally appeared on About.com Geography on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 16:12:05.Permalink | Comment | Email this For related information, check out my listings of the largest cities throughout history.

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