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Under Trajan the empire reaches its greatest extent, from Britain to the Persian Gulf: about five million square kilometres and some sixty million people.
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE WITNESSES AND THE TURN 44 to 312 AD
- SourcesTaagepera 1979 (area); Scheidel 2007 (population).
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