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Biggest City of Each Roman Province with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the biggest city of each province in the Roman Empire at its peak in 117 AD?
Population figures (mostly) according to these datasets by Scott Ortman and John Hanson, 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox, 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler. Other city populations calculated according to the size of their historical sites (view list here).
Includes several client states.
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Provinces
Population
Cities
Achaia
65k
Corinthus
(Corinth)
Aegyptus
400k
Alexandria
Africa
125k
Leptis Magna
(Al-Khums)
Alpes Cottiae
~600
Segusio
(Susa)
Alpes Maritimae
3k
Pedona
(Borgo San Dalmazzo)
Alpes Poeninae
3k
Civitas Vallensium Octodurus
(Martigny)
Arabia Petraea
16k
Gerasa
(Jerash)
Armenia
~10k?
Artaxata
(Artashat)
Asia
85k
Alexandria Troas
(Dalyan)
Assyria
100k
Ctesiphon
(Salman Pak)
Bithynia et Pontus
34k
Nicomedia
(İzmit)
Brittania
37k
Londinium
(London)
Cappadocia
10k
Trapezus
(Trabzon)
Cilicia
34k
Anazarbus
(Dilekkaya)
Creta et Cyrenae
55k
Ptolemais
(Tolmeita)
Cyprus
20k
Paphus
(Paphos)
Dacia
17k
Apulum
(Alba Iulia)
Dalmatia
30k
Iader
(Zadar)
Epirus
41k
Nicopolis
(Preveza)
Galatia
24k
Ancyra
(Ankara)
Gallia Aquitania
26k
Mediolanum Santorum
(Saintes)
Gallia Belgica
38k
Ambianorum
(Amiens)
Gallia Lugdunensis
50k
Lugdunum
(Lyon)
 
 
 
Client States
Population
Cities
Albania
3k
Gabala
(Qabala)
Bosporan Kingdom
29k
Panticapaeum
(Kerch)
Characene
10k
Charax Spasinu
(Al-Bubsairy)
Provinces
Population
Cities
Gallia Narbonensis
43k
Narbo Martius
(Narbonne)
Germania Inferior
15k
Colonia Ulpia Traiana
(Xanten)
Germania Superior
20k
Mogontiacum
(Mainz)
Hispania Baetica
19k
Corduba
(Córdoba)
Hispania Tarraconensis
12k
Tarraco
(Tarragona)
Italia
1.0m
Roma
(Rome)
Iudaea
125k
Caesarea Maritima
(Caesarea)
Lusitania
15k
Augusta Emerita
(Mérida)
Lycia et Pamphylia
20k
Myra
(Demre)
Macedonia
70k
Thessalonica
(Thessaloniki)
Mauretania Caesariensis
38k
Caesarea Mauretaniae
(Cherchell)
Mauretania Tingitana
6k
Volubilis
(Meknes)
Moesia Inferior
8k
Olbia
(Parutyne)
Moesia Superior
10k
Margum
(Dubravica)
Mesopotamia
225k
Seleucia ad Tigrim
Noricum
15k
Ovilava
(Wels)
Pannonia Inferior
14k
Sirmium
(Sremska Mitrovica)
Pannonia Superior
9k
Carnuntum
(Petrozell-Carnuntum)
Raetia
11k
Augusta Vindelicorum
(Augsburg)
Sardinia et Corsica
17k
Caralis
(Cagliari)
Sicilia
85k
Syracusae
(Syracuse)
Syria
200k
Antiochia ad Orontem
(Antakya)
Thracia
35k
Byzantium
(Istanbul)
 
 
 
Client States
Population
Cities
Elymais
10k
Susa
(Shush)
Iberia
3k
Mtskheta
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3 Comments
FreeStater
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Level 74
Jan 7, 2023
Great quiz but pretty difficult. I guess that can be said of most of your quizzes, haha.
Dekkie
+1
Level 55
Jan 7, 2023
Thanks! I can definitely imagine it being difficult, especially considering a lot of these historical cities are no longer significant or just no longer exist.
ooftownroad
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Level 62
Jan 7, 2023
Again, back with a banger quiz! I would love to learn how to make these maps lol! Amazing Quiz!
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