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This website gives a fair rundown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_demography#Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire
Addendum: It is hard to say with any real accuracy, since slaves (and sometimes common women) were not always included in many of the census counts still extant. It is guesstimated by many scholars that the total population of the city of Rome in the later 1st Century C.E. could have been as much as 1-million. This is also thought to be true for a few of the other great cities of the era, particularly re Alexandria, Egypt...
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∙ 13y agoI am not an expert, but I have heard that the population of the world in the first century was around 200 million.
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In the first century the center of the church moved from Jerusalem to?
European countries and Rome.
Which city was the most highly populated in the first century?
Rome
How many people lived in the city of Rome when Augustus was the emperor?
It is not known for sure. The estimate for the population of Rome in the early 1st century BC and early 1st century BC was 900,000. The peak population of the city is estimated at 1-1.4 million. These are very large figures for times when world population levels were far lower. Rome was the biggest city in the world.
Were the rules harsh in Rome in Jesus' time?
First century Rome was ruled by Ceasar with an iron fist.
When was the first use of bioterrorism?
Bioterrorism was first used in ancient rome in the 6th century
In the first century B C Egypt became a colony of?
Rome
What was the population of Damascus Syria in the first century?
150,000
Population of Rome 2009?
i believe the population of rome is aprpox:2,628,000
How big was Rome when Julius Caesar was born?
The population size of the city of Rome at the time of Julius Caesar is uncertain. He was born in 100 BC. According to some estimates the city of Rome in the 1st century BC had 900,000 inhabitants. Later, at its biggest the city of Rome reached 1-1,4 million. This was a mind boggling at for the time. The first city toreach1 million in western Europe after the Roman days wasLondon This was in the 19th century!
What was the population of Judea when Jesus was born?
First century Jerusalem had a population of about 125,000 people.
What is the firsit punic wars?
As the name suggests, the first of three wars, spanning over a century, between Rome and Carthate in the Second and First Century BCE.
What was the first basilica built in ancient Rome?
The first basilica built in ancient Rome was in the early 2nd century BC. It was called the Basilica Aemilia.
