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Biggest Cities in the Western Roman Empire with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the biggest cities with an estimated population of over 10,000 in the Western Roman Empire after its final split from the east in 395 AD?
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Population
City
750k
Roma
(Rome)
80k
Treveris
(Trier)
65k
Carthago
(Qartaj, Tunis)
50k
Agrigentum
(Agrigento)
50k
Leptis Magna
(Al-Khums)
45k
Syracusae
(Syracuse)
44k
Capua
43k
Thelepte
(Thélepte)
37k
Caesarea Mauretaniae
(Cherchell)
35k
Hadrumetum
(Sousse)
35k
Ostia Antica
(Ostia)
30k
Thysdrus
(El Djem)
29k
Iader
(Zadar)
28k
Altinum
(Altino)
28k
Catana
(Catania)
28k
Sicca Veneria
(El Kef)
27k
Patavium
(Padua)
26k
Paestum
25k
Puteoli
(Pozzuoli)
25k
Uthina
23k
Lugdunum
(Lyon)
23k
Nuceria Alfaterna
(Nocera Superiore)
23k
Ravenna
23k
Rusicade
(Skikda)
21k
Mediolanum
(Milan)
Population
City
20k
Mogontiacum
(Mainz)
19k
Corduba
(Córdoba)
19k
Tolosa
(Toulouse)
17k
Caralis
(Cagliari)
17k
Corinium Dobunnorum
(Cirencester)
17k
Teanum Sidicinum
(Teano)
17k
Utica
17k
Verulamium
(St Albans)
15k
Himera
(Termini Imerese)
15k
Lilybaeum
(Marsala)
15k
Neapolis
(Naples)
15k
Ovilava
(Wels)
15k
Viroconium Cornoviorum
(Wroxeter)
14k
Aquileia
14k
Augusta Emerita
(Mérida)
14k
Cumae
(Cuma)
14k
Gades
(Cádiz)
14k
Numluli
(Henchir-Mâtria)
14k
Sirmium
(Sremska Mitrovica)
14k
Thignica
(Aïn Tounga)
13k
Astigi
(Écija)
13k
Colonia Agrippina
(Cologne)
13k
Iguvium
(Gubbio)
13k
Lambaesis
(Tazoult)
Population
City
13k
Luceria
(Lucera)
12k
Ammaedara
(Haïdra)
12k
Aquinum
(Aquino)
12k
Argentomagus
(Saint-Marcel)
12k
Borbetomagus
(Worms)
12k
Sora
12k
Tarraco
(Tarragona)
11k
Amiternum
(San Vittorino)
11k
Cartennae
(Ténès)
11k
Eporedia
(Ivrea)
11k
Messana
(Messina)
11k
Rhegium Iulii
(Reggio Calabria)
11k
Tauromenium
(Taormina)
11k
Theveste
(Tébessa)
10k
Adranum
(Adrano)
10k
Antium
(Anzio)
10k
Aquae Sextiae
(Aix-en-Provence)
10k
Augusta
(London)
10k
Augusta Vindelicorum
(Augsburg)
10k
Brundisium
(Brindisi)
10k
Cales
(Calvi Risorta)
10k
Carnuntum
(Petronell-Carnuntum)
10k
Hippo Regius
(Annaba)
10k
Remi
(Reims)
1 Comments
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Level 55
Jan 3, 2024
Note that this might be subject to error due to the difficulty of calculating population in the Migration Period and a lot of settlements started getting smaller in area during this time period, as can be seen by the lack of larger settlements in Gaul.