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[–] ArchmageAzor 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder, were population centers large enough to be considered "busy" before domesticated horses and carriages were around?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

At the peak of the Roman empire, the city of Rome had at least one million inhabitants, a total not equaled again in Europe until the 19th century.

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At the peak of the Roman empire, the city of Rome had at least one million inhabitants, a total not equaled again in Europe until the 19th century.

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_the_Roman_Empire

[–] droans 2 points 1 year ago

That number is usually considered to be way too high fwiw. At 1,000,000, it would have a population density of over 72,000 per square kilometer. Manila is the densest city in the world today at about 43,000 per square kilometer.

It's even less likely when you consider they didn't have any sort of high rises and a third of the city was dedicated to parks and public buildings.