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ROMAN CENSUS FIGURES




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TIME:
NUMBERS:
King Servius Tullius 84,700
80,000
83,000
508 B.C. 130,000
503 B.C. 120,000
498 B.C. 150,700
493 B.C. 110,000
474 B.C. 103,000
465 B.C. 104,714
459 B.C. 117,319
393/92 B.C. 152,573
340 B.C. 165,000
160,000
ca. 334-323 B.C. 250,000
150,000
130,000
294/93 B.C. 262,321
272,320
270,000
220,000
260,000
ca. 290/87 B.C. 272,000
280/79 B.C. 287,000
276/75 B.C. 271,224
271,234
265/64 B.C. 382,234
292,334
252/51 B.C. 297,797
247/46 B.C. 241,212
241/40 B.C. 260,000
250,000
234/3 B.C. 270,212
YEAR:
COUNT:
230/29 or 225/24 B.C. 273,000
209/08 B.C. 137,108
204/03 B.C. 214,000
194/93 B.C. 143,704
189/88 B.C. 258,318
258,310
179/78 B.C. 258,294
174/73 B.C. 269,015
267,231
169/68 B.C. 312,805
164/63 B.C. 337,022
337,452
159/58 B.C. 328,316
154/53 B.C. 324,000
147/46 B.C. 322,000
142/41 B.C. 328,442
136/35 B.C. 317,933
131/30 B.C. 318,823
125/24 B.C. 394,736
115/14 B.C. 394,336
86/85 B.C. 463,000
70/69 B.C. 910,000
900,000
28 B.C. (Augustus) 4,063,000
8 B.C. (Augustus) 4,233,000
A.D. 14 (Augustus) 4,937,000
A.D. 47 5,984,072
6,941,691
6,944,000
NOTE:
All the figures given are problematical, in various ways. First, there is the problem of the correct transmission of numbers in the manuscripts. Second, there is the issue of who precisely are being counted in each census. Third, there is the question as to whether complete census returns were ever made. Most authorities find it difficult to believe that statistics prior to 340 B.C. are anything but fictitious.


January 26, 2010 9:44 AM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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