Still a higher level of development than a medieval society *NM*
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 13/09/2017 04:29:03 PM
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Granted, that's a rough upper bound, and it's all educated guesswork, but the idea of Rome containing a million people in its heyday is not completely ludicrous.
Granted, that's a rough upper bound, and it's all educated guesswork, but the idea of Rome containing a million people in its heyday is not completely ludicrous.
It's worth noting that sustaining that population required Roman control of both Greece and Egypt.
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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We're worrying about scientific verisimilitude, when they say a medieval city has a million people?
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Ancient Rome actually is estimated to have just around one million at its peak.
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Still a higher level of development than a medieval society *NM*
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John can still do better 
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marrying cousins only became taboo in recent history and even then mostly just in the west
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Well, in-universe, there was already an uncle-niece marriage that produced two kings.
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