2007-02-22 20:59:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Based on archeological finds as well as records kept by Romans. The Romans adopted what we now know as the "census" from the Egyptians, which was records they kept as a count of citizens and their property for taxation purposes. This census included slaves, children, and wives as well as men.
Table of Roman Census Figures:
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/romancensus.html
2007-02-22 21:48:02 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie_tdp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are ways to know that Rome had a million inhabitants then. Archaelogical diggings will reveal the extent of the city's infrastructure, tenements, and possibly buried records of the population. Considering Rome's total land area and being a political, financial, educational, commercial, and sports center, it follows that Rome was already thickly populated. The Encyclopedias and ecclesiastical books will also show the city's one million population, more or less.
2007-02-22 21:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Gad S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know this by several hings...
one - the size of the city; given that 4-5 inhabitants per household... basic calculation (obviously not the actual calculation)
two - trash dumps and left over waste.
three - actual records of the Roman empire....
2007-02-22 21:09:43 · answer #3 · answered by max power 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the Romans kept a census of the populations of all the territories they occupied.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
2007-02-22 21:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by squeaky guinea pig 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋