Biggest Cities of the Roman Empire in 117 AD

    1. Roma (Rome)								1,5M			(0) Provided
    2. Alexandria								400k			(2) Provided
    3. Seleucia									250k			(7)
    4. Antiochia ad Orontem (Antakya)						175k			(1/11) 500 ha
    5. Memphis (Mit Rahina)							125k			(4) Provided
    6. Carthago (Carthage, Tunis)						100k			(2) Provided
    7. Athenae (Athens)								95k			(2) Provided
    8. Hatra									90k			(1/11) 314 ha
    9. Charax Spasinou (Al-Bubsairy)						70k			(9) 700ha, density uncertain; 100/ha
    10. Apamea (Qalaat al-Madiq)						65k			(1/11) 250 ha
    11. Corinthus (Corinth)							65k			(1) 241 ha
    12. Lepcis Magna (Al-Khums)							65k			(1/11) 240 ha
    13. Pergamum (Bergama)							65k			(2) Provided
    14. Lugdunum (Lyon)								60k			(2) Provided
    15. Babylon (Hillah)							55k			(7)
    16. Augustodunum (Autun)							50k			(1/3) 200 ha
    17. Ctesiphon (Salman Pak)							50k			(7)
    18. Durocortorum (Reims)							50k			(1/3) 200 ha
    19. Ptolemais (Tolmeita)							50k			(1/5) 209 ha
    20. Syracusae (Syracuse)							50k			(1/3) 200 ha
    21. Smyrna (Izmir)								47k			(1/3) 193 ha
    22. Arsinoe (Faiyum)							45k			(4) Provided
    23. Capua									44k			(1/5) 184 ha
    24. Nicomedia (Izmit)							44k			(1/3) 184 ha
    25. Thelepte (Thélepte)							43k			(1/5) 180 ha
    26. Nicopolis (Preveza)							41k			(1/5) 174 ha
    27. Thysdrus (El Djem)							41k			(1/5) 175 ha
    28. Aquincum (Budapest)							40k			(1/14) ~172 ha
    29. Laodicea ad Mare (Latakia)						40k			(1/11) 170 ha
    30. Londinium (London)							40k			(2) Provided
    31. Rhodus (Rhodes)								40k			(4)
    32. Susa (Shush)								40k			(6) 400 ha, in decline, 100/ha
    33. Amida (Diyarbakır)							38k			(1/11) 165 ha
    34. Antinoöpolis (El Sheikh Abada)						37k			(4) Provided
    35. Caesarea Mauritaniae (Cherchell)					37k			(1/5) 162 ha
    36. Carnuntum (Petrozell-Carnuntum)						37k			(1/14) ~162 ha
    37. Ostrakine (Tell Athar el-Filusiyyat)					37k			(4/11) 200 ha
    38. Cyzicus (Erdek)								36k			(1/3) 158 ha
    39. Samarobriva Ambianorum (Amiens)						36k			(1/3) 160 ha
    40. Athribis (Tell Atrib)							35k			(4) Provided
    41. Hadrumetum (Sousse)							35k			(1/5) 156 ha
    42. Hermopolis Magna (El-Ashmunein)						35k			(2) Provided
    43. Laodicea ad Lycum (Eskihisar)						35k			(1/3) 154 ha
    44. Ostia Antica (Ostia)							35k			(2) Provided
    45. Alesia (Alise-Sainte-Reine)						34k			(2) Provided
    46. Halicarnassus (Bodrum)							34k			(1/3) 152 ha
    47. Tanis (San el-Hagar)							34k			(1/8) 153 ha
    48. Anazarbus								33k			(1) 150 ha
    49. Berenice (Benghazi)							32k			(1/5) 144 ha
    50. Brigetio (Szőny, Komárom)						32k			(1/14) ~145 ha
    51. Poetovio (Ptuj)								32k			(1/14) ~145 ha
    52. Ephesus (Selçuk)							31k			(1/3) 142 ha
    53. Diospolis Magna (Luxor)							30k			(8)
    54. Edessa (Şanlıurfa)							30k			(1/11) 140 ha
    55. Mytilene (Myiltini)							30k			(1/3) 140 ha
    56. Nicaea (Iznik)								30k			(1/3) 137 ha
    57. Oxyrhynchus (Al-Bahnasa)						30k			(4) Provided
    58. Thessalonica (Thessaloniki)						30k			(4) Provided)
    59. Tralles (Aydın)								30k			(1/3) 140 ha
    60. Zeugma (Belkis)								30k			(1/11) 140 ha
    61. Narbo Martius (Narbonne)						29k			(1/3) 136 ha
    62. Altinum (Altino)							28k			(1/5 133 ha
    63. Augusta Treverorum (Trier)						28k			(1/5) 131 ha
    64. Catana (Catania)							28k			(1/3) ~130 ha
    65. Heracleopolis Magna (Ihnasya)						28k			(4)
    66. Iconium (Konya)								28k			(1/3) ~130ha
    67. Nemausus (Nîmes)							28k			(1/3) 130 ha
    68. Patavium (Padua)							28k			(1/5) 130 ha
    69. Pelusium								28k			(1/11) 130 ha
    70. Seleucia Pieria (Çevlik)						28k			(1/11) 130 ha
    71. Sicca Veneria (El Kef)							28k			(1/5) 130 ha
    72. Erythrae (Ildir)							27k			(1/3) 127 ha
    73. Syene (Aswan)								27k			(4) Provided
    74. Alexandria Troas (Dalyan)						26k			(1/3) ~125 ha
    75. Apulum (Alba Iulia)							26k			(1/14) ~124 ha
    76. Arbela (Erbil)								26k			(1/10) 125 ha
    77. Bubastis (Zagazig)							26k			(4) Provided
    78. Burdigala (Bordeaux)							26k			(1/3) 125 ha
    79. Damascus								26k			(1/11) 125 ha
    80. Emesa (Homs)								26k			(1/11) 125 ha
    81. Leptiminus (Lemta)							26k			(1/15) 125 ha
    82. Magarsus (Dörtdirek)							26k			(1/3) 126 ha
    83. Sardis (Sart)								26k			(1/3) 125 ha
    84. Mazaca Caesarea (Kayseri)						25k			(1/3) ~120 ha
    85. Vindobona (Vienna)							25k			(1/14) ~120 ha
    86. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne)				24k			(1/3) 117 ha
    87. Gortyna (Gortyn)							24k			(1/5) 119 ha
    88. Cos (Kos)								23k			(1/5) 114 ha
    89. Nuceria Alfaterna (Nocera Superiore)					23k			(1/3) 114 ha
    90. Parium (Kemer)								23k			(1/3) 114 ha
    91. Rusicade (Skikda)							23k			(1/5) 114 ha
    92. Ancyra (Ankara)								22k			(1/3) 113 ha
    93. Beroea (Aleppo)								22k			(1/11) 112 ha
    94. Hibis (Kharga)								22k			(4) Provided
    95. Hierapytna (Ierapetra)							22k			(1/5) 111 ha
    96. Neapolis (Naples)							22k			(2) Provided
    97. Messene (Mavromati)							22k			(1/5) 110 ha
    98. Nisibis (Nusaybin)							22k			(1/11) 110 ha
    99. Ptolemais Hermiou (El-Mansha)						22k			(1/3) ~110 ha
    100. Puteoli (Pozzuoli)							22k			(1/5) ~110 ha


    • (0) https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demografia_di_Roma
    • (1) https://core.tdar.org/collection/67068/data-for-ancient-roman-cities – Including using the same calculation method of this data
    • (2) https://www.colorado.edu/socialreactors/sites/default/files/attached-files/hanson_and_ortman_2017_published.pdf
    • (3) https://brill.com/display/title/56142
    • (4) https://academic.oup.com/book/34600
    • (5) https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f7f02498-4ae1-4ff0-81f6-aad909f041b1/download_file?file_format=application%2Fpdf&safe_filename=Janson_2016_urban_geography_Roman_world.pdf&type_of_work=Thesis
    • (6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa
    • (7) https://archive.org/details/fourthousandyear0000chan/
    • (8) https://www.academia.edu/110889405/The_size_of_towns_in_Ancient_Egypt_2500_1850_1250_and_200_BC_a_reconstruction
    • (9) https://www.academia.edu/40270987/Ancient_Charax_Spasinou_Iraq_Interpreting_a_multi_phase_city
    • (10) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305190320_Modernization_Theory_and_House_Garden_Transformation_Erbil_City_as_Case_Study
    • (11) https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3715821/view
    • (14) https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/av/article/download/8787/7937/23933
    • (15) https://www.academia.edu/35611094/Interim_Report_on_the_Leptiminus_Archaeological_Project_LAP_Results_of_the_1999_Season