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The Roman army reached perhaps 640,000 under Constantine I. Compare, the current active duty US Army is about 475,000.
by GunboatDiplomat 10y ago
The Roman army reached perhaps 640,000 under Constantine I. Compare, the current active duty US Army is about 475,000.
- Retric 10y agoUS has ~1,301,300 million active duty military. The army makes up ~1/3 of that.
- GunboatDiplomat 10y agoSure. But the population of the US is 320+ million. The peak population of the Roman Empire was probably in the region of 70 million. And that peak was in the 2nd Century CE, whereas the 640k figure is from the 4th Century CE.