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Various historians have made estimates on the the number of people in the Roman Empire at its peak. The most often used estimates range from 60 to 70 million people. The lands controlled by the empire are much easier to gauge. Most of what is now known as Western Europe was part and the southeast of Europe were part of the Roman empire. This includes Britain, France, Belgium,Hollandsouth of the River Rhine,southernGermany,Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, southwestern Slovakia, westernHungary the countries in the formerYugoslavia(Slovenia,Croatia Serbia, Bosnia &Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia), Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova. The empire included Turkey, Armenia, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Egypt coastalLibya Tunisia, coastal Algeria andnorthernMorocco.
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