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Wow, thank you very much! Please bore me. I'm a tax accountant who researches IRS tax regs. I can take it.

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Hmmm, don't know what to make of this one.

 

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[City Population: 2nd Punic War]

Hello Harry... I'm afraid I don't have much information for you, but I didn't want to leave your post seemingly ignored.

 

I've seen many estimates on Rome itself, but next to nothing on other individual cities. In any case, many books suggest estimates for the Italian population as a whole... roughly 5 million seems to be a usual suspect. I've seen similar numbers for Carthage as a whole, but breaking this down between individual cities vs. North Africa, Sicily, Hispania, etc. is a different story altogether. In any case, you can rest assured that only the cities of Rome and Carthage in Italy and North Africa were approaching anything above 100,000. (Rome, Carthage and Syracuse in Sicily would've been the only cities with what we could call massive populations at this point... Rome somewhere right around 100,000, Carthage likely double that and Syracuse somewhere in between.) Of course there were other large cities... Alexandria, Athens, Antioch, etc. but these weren't direct factors in the Punic Wars.

 

In any case, P.A. Brunt's "Italian Manpower 225 BC - AD 14" would be an excellent start, but it's a $300 book. Perhaps your local library has a copy though.

 

 

Thanks for the comments and the book. I will definitely check out our library system to see if they have a copy. A lack of population information for minor cities seems to be the norm as I search. Though as you commented there are rough estimates for the major cities. I'll keep searching the net for some figures, but as you said I probably won't find too much. Thanks again.

[City Population: 2nd Punic War]

Hi, first time poster, long time admirer...

 

I'm looking for information on population numbers for Mediterranean cities around the 2nd Punic War ~ 200BC. Specifically population regarding the Italian peninsula and North Africa. I don't suppose anyone has a nice list of estimated populations? If someone can give me some a link or information regarding the topic I would appreciate it.