Europe - Biggest Cities in 500 BC

Biggest Cities of Europe in 500 B.C.

    1. Roma (Rome)						100k					(1) Chandler
    2. Sybaris (Sibari)						95k						(4 / 6) ~470 ha, 200/ha
    3. Athenai (Athens)						90k						(1) Chandler
    4. Syrakousai (Syracuse)					80k						(1) Chandler
    5. Korinthos (Corinth)					70k						(1) Chandler
    6. Selinous (Marinella di Selinunte)			55k						(2) 270 ha, 200/ha
    7. Akragas (Agrigento)					40k						(3) 211 ha, 200/ha
    8. Argos							40k						(3) 199 ha, 200/ha
    9. Lakedaimon (Sparta)					40k						(1) Chandler
    10. Maroneia						40k						(3) 202 ha, 200/ha
    11. Phigaleia (Figaleia)					40k						(3) 195 ha, 200/ha
    12. Taras (Taranto)						40k						(1) Chandler
    13. Tegea							40k						(3) 190 ha, 200/ha
    14. Zankle (Messina)					40k						(1) Chandler
    15. Gela							35k						(5)
    16. Korkyra (Corfu)						35k						(1) Chandler
    17. Kroton (Crotone)					35k						(1) Chandler
    18. Sikyon (Sikyona)					35k						(3) 175 ha, 200/ha
    19. Capeva (Capua)						30k						(3) 184 ha, 170/ha
    20. Edessa							30k						(3) 162 ha, 200/ha
    21. Elis							30k						(1) Chandler
    22. Megara							30k						(3) 140 ha, 200/ha
    23. Metapontion (Metaponto)	`				30k						(7) 150 ha, 200/ha
    24. Pantikapaion (Kerch)					30k						(1) Chandler
    25. Piraeus							30k						(3) 141 ha, 200/ha
    26. Samos (Pythagoreio)					30k						(3) 140 ha, 200/ha
    27. Veia (Isola Farnese)					30k						(8) 190 ha, 170/ha
    28. Ambracia (Arta)						25k						(3) 130 ha, 200/ha
    29. Caisra (Cerveteri)					25k						(8) 150 ha, 170/ha
    30. Delos							25k						(0) 100 ha, 250/ha
    31. Poseidonia (Paestum)					25k						(3) 125 ha, 200/ha
    32. Pupluna (Populonia)					25k						(8) 150 ha, 170/ha
    33. Byzantion (Istanbul)					20k						(9) 100 ha, 200/ha
    34. Epidamnos (Durrës)					20k						(3) 95 ha, 200/ha
    35. Koroneia						20k						(3) 94 ha, 200/ha
    36. Mytilene (Mytilini)					20k						(3) 109 ha, 200/ha
    37. Orchomenos Arcadia					20k						(3) 91 ha, 200/ha
    38. Tarchuna (Tarquinia)					20k						(8) 120 ha, 170/ha
    39. Eretria							15k						(3) 87 ha, 200/ha
    40. Himera (Termini Imerese)				15k						(3) 82 ha, 200/ha
    41. Kyme (Cuma)						15k						(3) 80 ha, 200/ha
    42. Lilybaion (Marsala)					15k						(3) 84 ha, 200/ha
    43. Lokroi (Locri)						15k						(3) 78 ha, 200/ha
    44. Massalia (Marseille)					15k						(5)
    45. Neapolis (Naples)					15k						(3) 82 ha, 200/ha
    46. Olynthos 						15k						(0) 60 ha, 250/ha
    47. Phanagoreia (Sennoy)					15k						(10) 75 ha, 200/ha
    48. Plataia (Plataies)					15k						(3) 81 ha, 200/ha
    49. Stratos							15k						(3) 77 ha, 200/ha
    50. Vatluna (Vetulonia)					15k						(8) 100 ha, 170/ha
    51. Velathri (Volterra)					15k						(8) 100 ha, 170/ha
    52. Velch (Montalto di Castro)				15k						(8) 90 ha, 170/ha

    • (0) – https://www.doxiadis.org/Downloads/the_ancient_greek_city.pdf – Ancient Greek cities had an average population density of about 194.2 people per hectare.
    • (1) – https://archive.org/details/fourthousandyear0000chan/mode/2up?view=theater
    • (2) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinunte
    • (3) – 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
    • (4) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybaris – 50 stadia in circumference, about 450 – 490 ha, see source (6)
    • (5) – https://academic.oup.com/book/34600
    • (6) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_(unit)
    • (7) – https://www.worldhistory.org/Metapontum/
    • (8) – https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=etruscan_studies
    • (9) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Map_Constantinople.jpg – ~100 ha
    • (10) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanagoria