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Biggest Cities in the Byzantine Empire in 555 AD - Under Justinian I

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Eastern Roman Empire with an estimated population of over 20,000 at its peak in 565 AD before the death of Justinian I?
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Population
Cities
400k
Constantinopolis
(Istanbul)
100k
Alexandria
75k
Carthago
(Qartaj, Tunis)
60k
Edessa
(Şanlıurfa)
50k
Caesarea
(Kayseri)
45k
Arsinoe
(Faiyum)
40k
Theopolis
(Antakya)
35k
Amida
(Diyarbakır)
35k
Ephesus
(Selçuk)
35k
Hermopolis
(El-Ashmunein)
35k
Nicomedia
(İzmit)
35k
Thessalonica
(Thessaloniki)
30k
Germanicia
(Kahramanmaraş)
30k
Laodicea ad Lycum
(Eskihisar)
30k
Pergamum
(Bergama)
30k
Roma
(Rome)
30k
Sardis
(Sart)
Population
Cities
28k
Tralles
(Aydın)
27k
Nicaea
(İznik)
27k
Philadelphia
(Alaşehir)
26k
Iconium
(Konya)
26k
Scythopolis
(Beit She'an)
25k
Aelia Capitolina
(Jerusalem)
25k
Damascus
25k
Emesa
(Homs)
25k
Memphis
(Mit Rahina)
25k
Oxyrhynchus
(Al-Bahnasa)
24k
Antinoöpolis
(El-Shaikh Ebada)
24k
Athribis
(Benha)
23k
Beroea
(Aleppo)
22k
Ancyra
(Ankara)
22k
Ravenna
20k
Iustinianopolis
(Dilekkaya)
Population
Cities
20k
Paneas
20k
Corinthus
(Archaia Korinthos)
20k
Leontopolis
(Kafr al-Muqdam)
20k
Neapolis
(Nablus)
20k
Nicius
(Zawyat Razin)
20k
Resaina
(Ras al-Ayn)
20k
Smyrna
(İzmir)
20k
Syracusae
(Syracuse)
18k
Caesarea Maritima
(Caesarea)
18k
Coptos
(Qift)
18k
Cyzicus
(Erdek)
18k
Neapaphus
(Paphos)
18k
Tanis
(San al-Hagar)
17k
Gerasa
(Jerash)
17k
Magnesia ad Maeandrum
(Tekin)
16k
Aphrodisias
(Geyre)
Population
Cities
16k
Bostra
(Busra al-Sham)
16k
Halicarnassus
(Bodrum)
16k
Hierapolis
(Pamukkale)
16k
Seleucia Tracheotis
(Silifke)
16k
Samosata
(Samsat)
16k
Thmuis
(Temay El Amdeed)
15k
Abila Decapoleus
15k
Attalea
(Antalya)
15k
Chalcis ad Belum
(Al-Hadher)
15k
Heliopolis
(Ain Shams, Cairo)
15k
Lycopolis
(Asyut)
15k
Mylasa
(Milas)
15k
Nicephorium
(Raqqa)
15k
Schedia
(El Karyun)
15k
Sura
15k
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