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Show ' Population of the Earth. . The population of the known earth at the death of the Roman emperor, Augustus, Aug-ustus, about the time of the commencement commence-ment of the Christian era, was estimated esti-mated bv Bodia, an Italian statistician, at 67,000,000 The Romans knew nothing noth-ing of Asia beyond the Indus river, and nothing of Africa, save the Mediterranean Medi-terranean states. But the human race in early times was engaged in constant con-stant warfare, and it is recorded that the temple of Janus, which could only be closed when Rome was at peace, was. shut at the time of the birth of Christ. But not only was the population of the earth decimated by incessant wars, it was devastated by terrible epidemics of disease which swept over every country, so that in 1492. at the time of the discovery of America by Columbus, Colum-bus, the population of Europe was placed at 40,000,000. Today Europe has ten times that number, or 400.000,000 . people, with about 100 to each square mile. |