outhouse

use google



Well, 1 acre = 4047 square metres.

If we assume that the average (top down) cross section of a human through the waist is about 0.5m x 0.25m, then area of land occupied by one human is 0.125 square metres.





4047 / 0.125 = 32,380 people.




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Sarpedon

Outhouse, could you please state for me how many people you think was the permanent inhabitants of Jerusalem, and how many for the average festival? This crucial information may have been left in the other thread.

Horatio Parker

This website references this book:

The number is based on 160-200 people per acre and the estimated acreage of Jerusalem at various times.

outhouse

I never delt with the city population

from the link above, The Claudian census, numbers 6,944,000 Jewish residents of the Empire.

If the Jewish communities outside of the Roman
Empire are added, and most importantly Babylon, the Jewish population in
the First Century CE may have reached up to 8,000,000


i'm strickly dealing with those that made the journey that filled the city to said population of 300,000 to 400,000 after the fact.


the fact it was a requirement to make the journey, would mean you would have a most of the jews in the levant in attendance.

it would have equaled crowds larger then modern day rock concerts and a large source of revenue for both romans and Saducees. this was big buisiness

credoconsolans

Do you know what kind of sewage tunnels it had? Were they large enough for the use of the entire city or just the temple, or the city, temple AND pilgrims who only came 3 times a year?

It doesn't say how large the ponds or springs were does it? A dozen mules and the pond water is now filthy. Same with the springs. Were the ponds renewable? It's great the temple had storage facilities. Was it doled out to the pilgrims for washing, cooking and drinking? How did the people - all half million of them - line up to get their share?

If not, then it's irrelevant that the Temple had water facilities.

outhouse

large enough to walk through



we know there were tent cities outside the walls, restroom free so to speak.




you mean the different pools, mikvahs, and a special pool/pond for livestock.

it doesnt say in this thread, but ive done the research in the past, and the temple was engineered to acommodate the large crowds.


again this was a big buisiness and not a one time event





if you have seen maps of he temple from the first century, you would see there was water everywhere. it was engineered to keep the paying customers alive.

outhouse

here ya go, please stop the nonsense arguing with scholars that know what they are talking about VS those uneducated in second temple history

credoconsolans

So how many did they have?

So, no sewage facilities for them or their livestock.

There had to be different pools, ponds, etc. for people and livestock. How many were there?

Yeah, but for ceremonies, not for feeding and housing.

Neither was the Olympics, but they didn't bother with logistics much and they also catered to huge crowds.

Are any authentic? I wasn't aware there is anything accurately depicting the temple. I've seen some that reproduce what they think the temple was like, but nothing actually laying it out exactly as it was.

outhouse

they had porta potties set up for the sheep, the goats were on their own

aa5874

Do you have a map of Jerusalem in the time of ROMULUS and REMUS???

Please, please, please I don't need a map of Jerusalem in the time of Mythological characters like Jesus.

Here again we have people speculating using maps DURING the time of a Myth, the resurrected Creator.