- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "Toread DuDerysi"
<jakyer_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "danhalberd" <dan@> wrote:
> >> Now look at the population of the Lunar Empire - from ILH1: 7
330
> 000
> > including the provinces. Compare this with the Roman Empire:
between
> > 45 and 120 million depending on which estimates you use and the
> > period you are talking about. The Seleukid Empire probably had a
> > population around 25 million. 7 million is more like the
population
> > of Hellenistic Egypt.
>
> I would note that none of the real world places cited went from a
few
> hundred huddled survivors of catastrophe to those numbers in a mere
> 1600 years. Remember that, in many ways, Glorantha is a post-
apocalpyic
> world. The population levels are not even close to what they might
be
> in a less damaged world.
>
> Jeff
>
This is a very good point. I don't intend to change the population of
Glorantha - I just think I'll note the difference in population
between Gloranthan states and real world states.