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Nov 12, 2017 at 11:17 comment added o.m. @Slarty, see my follow-up.
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Nov 11, 2017 at 18:27 comment added Slarty Excellent! Although I’m unsure about your quadrupling step. From the refs below it the Roman Empire may have had a population of very roughly 45 million in 100CE (based on estimates given from 14CE and 350CE) and that in 100CE the army included roughly 400,000 soldiers all in. So almost 1 in 100 which is close to your initial estimate before the quadrupling. Also do you have any reference to the urban/rural split or was than a personal estimate? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire
Nov 11, 2017 at 17:07 history answered o.m. CC BY-SA 3.0