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The population of ancient Rome
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The population of ancient Rome

Glenn R Storey
Antiquity, Vol.71(274), pp.966-978
12/1997
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00085859
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Abstract

What was the population of imperial Rome? City blocks in Pompeii and Ostia are sufficiently well explored that a fair estimate of population density can now be arrived at. That peoples the city of ancient Rome with roughly 450,000 inhabitants, within the known population and density range of pre-industrial and modern urban centres.
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