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Biggest Cities of the Middle East under the Roman Empire with a Map

Can you name the most populous cities in the Middle Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire with an estimated population of over 10,000 in 117 AD?
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Population figures (mostly) according to these datasets, Settlement, Urbanization, and Population, 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census. Other city populations calculated according to the size of their historical sites (view list here).
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Population
Cities
400k
Alexandria
225k
Seleucia ad Tigrim
200k
Antiochia ad Orontem
(Antakya)
125k
Caesarea Maritima
(Caesarea)
125k
Memphis
(Mit Rahina)
125k
Ptolemais Hermiou
(El Mansha)
100k
Ctesiphon
(Salman Pak)
85k
Alexandria Troas
(Dalyan)
70k
Edessa
(Şanlıurfa)
70k
Ephesus
(Selçuk)
65k
Apamea
(Qalaat al-Madiq)
65k
Nisibis
(Nusaybin)
55k
Babylon
(Hillah)
55k
Laodicea ad Mare
(Latakia)
55k
Pergamum
(Bergama)
50k
Berytus
(Beirut)
48k
Smyrna
(İzmir)
45k
Arsinoe
(Faiyum)
41k
Halicarnassus
(Bodrum)
37k
Antinoöpolis
(Minya)
37k
Hermopolis Magna
(Tell el-Ashmunein)
35k
Athribis
(Tell Atrib)
35k
Byzantium
(Istanbul)
34k
Anazarbus
(Dilekkaya)
34k
Nicomedia
(İzmit)
34k
Sardis
(Sart)
34k
Zeugma
(Belkıs)
33k
Tanis
(Tell Abu Seifa)
31k
Samosata
(Samsat)
31k
Scythopolis
(Beit She'an)
30k
Amastris
(Amasra)
30k
Beroea
(Aleppo)
30k
Erythrae
(Ildır)
Population
Cities
30k
Hatra
30k
Oxyrhynchus
(Al-Bahnasa)
28k
Damascus
28k
Heracleopolis Magna
(Ihnasiya)
28k
Syene
(Aswan)
27k
Aphroditopolis
(Atfih)
26k
Bubastis
(Zagazig)
25k
Hibis
(Kharga)
25k
Palmyra
(Tadmur)
25k
Seleucia Pieria
(Çevlik)
24k
Ancyra
(Ankara)
24k
Clazomenae
(Urla)
23k
Neapolis
(Nablus)
23k
Nicaea
(İznik)
21k
Laodicea ad Lycum
(Eskihisar)
20k
Myra
(Demre)
20k
Paphus
(Paphos)
20k
Ptolemais in Phoenicia
(Acre)
19k
Miletus
(Balat)
17k
Anthedon
(Tell Blakhiyah)
17k
Cyzicus
(Erdek)
17k
Heliopolis
(Ain Shams)
17k
Thmuis
(Timay al-Imdid)
16k
Aphrodisias
(Geyre)
16k
Gerasa
(Jerash)
16k
Magnesia ad Maeandrum
(Tekin)
16k
Salamis
(Agios Sergios)
15k
Philippopolis in Arabia
(Shahba)
14k
Heliopolis in Syria
(Baalbek)
14k
Diospolis Inferior
(Tell el-Balamun)
14k
Heraclea Pontica
(Karadeniz Ereğli)
14k
Hierapolis
(Pamukkale)
14k
Myndus
(Gümüşlük)
Population
Cities
14k
Sebaste
(Sebastia)
14k
Teus
(Sığacık)
13k
Abila Decapoleus
(Harta)
13k
Apamea Cibotus
(Dinar)
13k
Cyrrhus
13k
Leontopolis
(Kafr al-Muqdam)
13k
Tripolis ad Maeandrum
(Yenicekent)
13k
Tyrus
(Tyre)
12k
Alabanda
(Doğanyurt)
12k
Isaura Vetus
(Ulupınar)
12k
Kition
(Larnaca)
11k
Amathus
(Agios Tykhonas)
11k
Perga
(Aksu)
11k
Side
11k
Sidon
11k
Sinope
(Sinop)
10k
Aila
(Aqaba)
10k
Amorium
(Hisarköy)
10k
Anemurium
(Anamur)
10k
Bostra
(Bosra)
10k
Charax Spasinu
(Al-Bubsairy)
10k
Cnidus
(Yazıköy)
10k
Heracleopolis Parva
(Tell Belim)
10k
Myrina
(Aliağa)
10k
Perinthus
(Marmara Ereğlisi)
10k
Petra
10k
Philadelphia
(Alaşehir)
10k
Selge
(Altınkaya)
10k
Sepphoris
(Tzippori)
10k
Susa
(Shush)
10k
Tebtunis
(Tutun)
10k
Telmessus
(Fethiye)
10k
Trapezus
(Trabzon)
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Jan 6, 2023
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Mar 25, 2024
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