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I have serious doubts about this sentence: "city flourished to the extent that its population eventually numbered half a million". This is a ridiculous number. In it's hayday Rome (II century AD) had a quarter of million. Antiochia had 40 thousands or Ephesus 25 thousands. Chceck this book: Colin McEvedy, Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization, edited by Douglas Stuart Oles, 2011, ISBN  978-1-84614-427-1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jurand z Krakowa ( talk • contribs) 19:31, 18 August 2012 (UTC) reply

Odd though it seems, this is the figure generally given in sources, though it has at times been questioned. I have amended the wording to reflect that there is some dispute about the amount. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 16:18, 17 December 2015 (UTC) reply

Cicero mentions that Apamea is one the two most important cities in the Roman province of Cilicia. (Cicero, Familiar Letters, V. 20.) Droopyfeathers ( talk) 23:15, 22 October 2023 (UTC) reply