Statistics for Most Populous Cities in the Roman Empire

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Year	Population	Answer	% Correct
500 BC	24,000	Rome	100%
100 BC	400,000	Rome	100%
200 AD	1,000,000	Rome	100%
100 AD	1,000,000	Rome	100%
300 AD	800,000	Rome	100%
1 AD	1,000,000	Rome	100%
400 AD	800,000	Rome	100%
200 BC	150,000	Rome	100%
300 BC	100,000	Rome	100%
400 BC	28,000	Rome	100%
400 AD	200,000	Constantinople	90%
300 AD	20,000	Byzantium	89%
200 AD	15,000	Byzantium	89%
100 BC	10,000	Athens	87%
200 AD	90,000	Athens	87%
100 AD	90,000	Athens	87%
100 AD	375,000	Alexandria	77%
200 AD	500,000	Alexandria	77%
100 AD	30,000	Milan	76%
400 AD	50,000	Milan	76%
100 AD	30,000	London	71%
200 AD	50,000	London	71%
100 AD	200,000	Carthage	65%
200 BC	150,000	Carthage	65%
200 AD	200,000	Carthage	65%
100 AD	30,000	Thessaloniki	45%
200 AD	30,000	Thessaloniki	45%
200 AD	30,000	Lyons	42%
100 AD	25,000	Lyons	42%
200 AD	90,000	Syracuse	39%
100 AD	90,000	Syracuse	39%
200 AD	200,000	Antioch	28%
100 AD	200,000	Antioch	28%
100 AD	70,000	Corinth	26%
100 AD	20,000	Cologne	21%
200 AD	20,000	Cologne	21%
100 AD	33,000	Ephesus	18%
300 AD	75,000	Trier	16%
200 AD	10,000	Trier	16%
100 AD	10,000	Trier	16%
200 BC	100,000	Capua	12%
100 BC	100,000	Capua	12%
100 AD	25,000	Capua	12%
200 AD	30,000	Ostia	12%
100 AD	25,000	Ostia	12%
400 AD	75,000	Arles	7%
200 AD	10,000	Arles	7%
100 AD	10,000	Arles	7%
200 AD	50,000	Nimes	6%
1 AD	100,000	Philippi	6%
200 AD	30,000	Augsburg	5%
100 AD	25,000	Augsburg	5%
100 AD	25,000	Salona	5%
200 AD	25,000	Salona	5%
200 AD	12,000	Aquileia	4%
100 AD	12,000	Aquileia	4%
100 AD	70,000	Autun	2%
1 AD	70,000	Autun	2%
200 AD	12,000	Carnuntum	2%
100 AD	12,000	Carnuntum	2%
1 AD	40,000	Pozzuoli	2%
100 AD	30,000	Pozzuoli	2%