Depends how close you are to that person
an average user has about 200 friends.
The average facebook user has about 120 friends.
40 friends
According to the Facebook Data Team, the average person usually has 120 friends.
The average Twitter user has 126 followers.
There are 5 people in an average family
There are many people in the world who are friends and girls. These girls are friends for many different reasons.
lots of people have "friends" that are pets
This is not true. I live abject poverty and have many friends.
Generally people have as many friends as they would like to. Some people are shy and they tend to associate with a less number of people because it makes them feel comfortable being around their small group of friends, its not that they are antisocial or anything. However some people love to have a lot of people around them and they tend to have a tonne of friends or people with whom they hang out with. There is no limit to the number of friends that a person can have.
Of course they had friends. Gladiators were people and most people have a few friends. Gladiators were the celebrities of their time and many of them had followings, especially among the ladies.