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    Question #95705. author asks:

    Other than Rome, what were the main cities of the Roman Empire?




    Wretched1

    http://www.roman-empire.net/maps/map-empire.html

    Abula, Actium, Alexandria, Anazarbus, Anchialus, Ancyra, Antioch, Apamea (Asia Minor), Apamea (Syria), Aquincum, Arcadiopolis, Arelate, Argentorate, Arsinoe, Athens, Atrans, Augusta Trevirorum, Augustodunum, Augustonemetum, Aurelianum, Barcino, Borbetomagus, Bostra, Bracara Augusta, Brigantium, Brigetio, Brivas, Budalia, Burdigala, Caesaraugusta, Caesarea (Asia Minor), Caesarea (Mauret.), Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea sub Libano, Caesarodunum, Campi Catalaunii, Camulodunum, Carcaso, Carrhae, Cartennae, Carthage, Carnuntum, Castellum, Cauca, Chalcedon, Chrysopolis, Circesium, Cirta, Clausentum, Colonia Agrippinensium, Constantinople, Corduba, Corinium Dobunnorum, Corycus, Cremna, Ctesiphon, Cucusus, Cularo, Cunetio, Cyrrhus, Cyzicus, Damascus, Dubrae, Dura-Europus, Durocortorum, Durostorum, Eburacum, Elazig, Emesa, Emona, Ephesus, Florentiana, Gades, Gaza, Gesoriacum, Gordium, Hadrianopolis, Hadrumetum, Hatra, Hippo Regius, Ilium, Isca Dumnoniorum, Issus, Istrus, Italica, Jerusalem, Lemanae, Lepcis Magna, Lindum, Londinium, Lucentum, Lugdunum, Lutetia, Marcianopolis, Masada, Massilia, Memphis, Methone, Moguntiacum, Mopsucrene, Nacolea, Naissus, Narbo, Nemausus, Nicaea, Nicephorium, Nicomedia, Nicopolis, ,Nicopolis (Istrum), Nisibis, Novae, Pessinus, Philippopolis, Piryus, Prusa, Raphanea, Ratiaria, Rhesaena, Rotomagus, Rutupiae, Salamis, Samosata, Sardis, Scaptopare, Segusio, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Seleucia ad Tigrim, Serdica, Side, Singara, Singidunum, Sirmium, Siscia, Tarraco, Tarsus, Thessalonica, Tigranocerta, Tinurtium, Tolosa, Trapezus, Uccubi, Ugernum, Valentia (Gaul), Valentia (Hisp.), Verulamium,

    May 16 08, 12:56 AM
    Arpeggionist

    You're forgetting Caesaria Palestina and Tiberias.

    May 16 08, 10:47 AM
    author

    Now, thanks, but I really wanted the name of the two or three largest cities after Rome.

    The question is not really precise.
    One, I wanted to ask about the Western Roman Empire - in the Eastern Roman Empire Constantinople was the major city, not Rome.
    Two, I didn't ask for an exact year: Surely the population changed through the years. In year 100 AD, this site suggests that Alexandria, Antioch, Carthage and Smyrna were the largest cities after Rome, but I don't know if that's correct.

    http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm

    The largest of them all, after Rome (according to the previous reference) was Seleucia, or Seleucia on the Tigris, which supposedly had 250,000 inhabitants in 100 AD.

    May 16 08, 6:23 PM
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