City Population in Roman Africa
- 1 November 1963
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Roman Studies
- Vol. 53 (1-2) , 85-90
- https://doi.org/10.2307/298367
Abstract
Modern assessments of city population in the Roman provinces of Africa have been based on notions about the numbers that a given area of land is likely to have supported; upon estimates of the size of the piped water-supply; upon comparisons between ancient and modern city areas; and upon inferences from the density of surviving Roman remains. Reference has also sometimes been made to the seating capacity of theatres or amphitheatres. While each of these methods can suggest loose probabilities, none of them provides firm or precise information.Keywords
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