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| | In [[Ancient Rome]] the imperial city was the largest urban center of its time, with a population of about one million people (about the size of London in the early 19th century, when London was the largest city in the world), with some high-end estimates of 14 million and low-end estimates of 450,000.<ref>Duiker, 2001. page 149.</ref><ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20586744.html ''Abstrat of'' The population of ancient Rome.] by Glenn R. Storey. HighBeam Research. Written 1997-[[December 1|12-1]]. Accessed 2007-[[April 22|4-22]].</ref><ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/journals/CP/29/2/Population_of_Rome*.html#note6 The Population of Rome] by Whitney J. Oates. Originally published in ''Classical Philology''. | | In [[Ancient Rome]] the imperial city was the largest urban center of its time, with a population of about one million people (about the size of London in the early 19th century, when London was the largest city in the world), with some high-end estimates of 14 million and low-end estimates of 450,000.<ref>Duiker, 2001. page 149.</ref><ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20586744.html ''Abstrat of'' The population of ancient Rome.] by Glenn R. Storey. HighBeam Research. Written 1997-[[December 1|12-1]]. Accessed 2007-[[April 22|4-22]].</ref><ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/journals/CP/29/2/Population_of_Rome*.html#note6 The Population of Rome] by Whitney J. Oates. Originally published in ''Classical Philology''. |
| | Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 1934), pp101-116. Accessed 2007-[[April 22|4-22]].</ref> The public spaces in Rome resounded with such a din of hooves and clatter of iron [[chariot]] wheels that [[Julius Caesar]] had once proposed a ban on chariot traffic during the day. Historical estimates indicate that around 20 percent of the population under jurisdiction of ancient Rome (25–40%, depending the standards used, in Roman Italy<ref>N.Morley, ''Metropolis and Hinterland'' (Cambridge, 1996) 174-83</ref>) lived in innumerable urban centers, with population of 10,000 and more and several military settlements, a very high rate of urbanization by pre-industrial standards. Most of these centers had a [[Forum (Roman)|forum]] and temples and same type of buildings, on a smaller scale, as found in Rome. | | Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 1934), pp101-116. Accessed 2007-[[April 22|4-22]].</ref> The public spaces in Rome resounded with such a din of hooves and clatter of iron [[chariot]] wheels that [[Julius Caesar]] had once proposed a ban on chariot traffic during the day. Historical estimates indicate that around 20 percent of the population under jurisdiction of ancient Rome (25–40%, depending the standards used, in Roman Italy<ref>N.Morley, ''Metropolis and Hinterland'' (Cambridge, 1996) 174-83</ref>) lived in innumerable urban centers, with population of 10,000 and more and several military settlements, a very high rate of urbanization by pre-industrial standards. Most of these centers had a [[Forum (Roman)|forum]] and temples and same type of buildings, on a smaller scale, as found in Rome. |