48/216 173 foll.] [Footnote 14: _Ib._ p. 175.] [Footnote 15: _De Rep_.ii.5 and 6.] [Footnote 16: Beloch, _Die Bewoelkerung der griechisch-roemischen Welt_, cap. 9, approaching the problem by three several methods, puts it in the first century A.D.at 800,000, including slaves. In Cicero's time it was, no doubt, considerably less; but we know that in his last years 320,000 free persons were receiving doles of corn, apart from slaves and the well-to-do.] [Footnote 17: Huelsen-Jordan, _Roem. |