05-31-2006, 08:36 PM
Population estimates are always a bit tricky, but Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge, in their "The Ancient City. Life in Classical Athens and Rome" give an estimate of about 260,000 people for Athens prior to the Peloponnesian War (180,000 citizens and 80,000 perioikoi).
Hmm...including the slaves, you may be right, even if it would make Ferghana's reputed population to be only slightly smaller than Athens.
Anyway, as ancient states went, it wasn't small. But neither was it large, and it was a bit of a pygmy, both in terms of population and military resources, compared to the Han Empire.
Hmm...including the slaves, you may be right, even if it would make Ferghana's reputed population to be only slightly smaller than Athens.
Anyway, as ancient states went, it wasn't small. But neither was it large, and it was a bit of a pygmy, both in terms of population and military resources, compared to the Han Empire.
Andreas Baede
