HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -At its peak, Rome was the largest city in the world, with a population of 1 million or so. The empire controlled 2 million square miles of territory. This many people and this much land required sophisticated administration and technology.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was, at the time, the largest city in the world. Estimates of its peak population range from 450, 000 to over 3.5 million people with estimates of 1 to 2 million being most popular with historians.
Detailed explanation-3: -That peoples the city of ancient Rome with roughly 450, 000 inhabitants, within the known population and density range of pre-industrial and modern urban centres.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 1st and early 2nd centuries Rome was at the peak of its grandeur and population, which has been estimated at more than one million persons but was probably less.