Even if you consider the much lower population density, this is still freakin' impressive.

AAaandeloucas.bsky.socialNov 8, 2023 7:19pm

Preparing some materials to discuss Neo-Assyrian capitals. Here, we have the area of Nineveh during the time of Sennacherib (705-681 BCE) in comparison to downtown Boston:

I don't know about ancient cities but when I looked into it I discovered that medieval cities generally had higher population densities than modern ones.