![](https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/assclyde.jpg?fit=600%2C340&ssl=1)
Cottereau: This video shows the borders and populations of each country in Europe, for every year since 400 BC. Vassal states and colonies are not included in the count of a country's population." What a mess! One thing I learned is how sparsely-populated Britain was in the Roman age.