Buried Coins May Help Solve Mystery of Ancient Roman Population

Colin Poitras Uconn Today October 5, 2009 Link

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A scientist and a historian worked together to estimate the population size of ancient Rome.

Using a mathematical model to predict population trends based on ancient coin hoards, a UConn biologist and a Stanford University historian have concluded that the population of ancient Rome was smaller than sometimes suggested.

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