Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
Err... Alexandria had been founded only half a century before, and IIRC it was yet to become the Ptolemean capital. Rome was already old, but the Roman empire was only beginning to rise so no doubt the town would have been fairly provincial at this point. Of those three, only Carthage was past serious growth.
As I understand it, Alexandria grew to be larger than Carthage in little over one generation and to the largest city in the world in just over a century. As for Rome though, you are probably right.

Quote Originally Posted by Ludens View Post
You're volunteering?
It's been a while since I modeled anything. :o