THE POPULATION OF ANCIENT-ROME

Authors
STOREY GR
Citation
Gr. Storey, THE POPULATION OF ANCIENT-ROME, Antiquity, 71(274), 1997, pp. 966-978
Citations number
94
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
71
Issue
274
Year of publication
1997
Pages
966 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1997)71:274<966:TPOA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
What was the population of imperial Rome? City blocks in Pompeii and O stia 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 dens ity range of pre-industrial and modern urban centres.