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  Posted by Maedhros on January 11, 2000 at 23:06:32
In Reply to: Re: population of Gondor posted by Gildor on January 01, 19100 at 16:54:20:



: >>>I don't either - that's why I tried to figure it out using the numbers in RotK. As for my sources, they are found on page 46 of the Return of the King, when the reinforcements from the southern fiefs arrive at Minas Tirith, and everyone says they are only a tenth of what could have been sent, so we know that most of the men from those provinces did not go to Minas Tirith. I estimated 400,000 within Gondor itself, not counting Woses, just the people of Gondor from the provinces which sent reinforcements to Minas Tirith, listed on page 46 of Return of the King. : - Gildor Inglorion of the House of Finrod

>>>>>>If the strength of Gondor was so great then why would they have looked with such hope for the coming of Rohan. Theoden said that before his battle with Saraman he could have sent 12,000 men. Although this is a large number it hardly compares to the huge numbers that you have put up for the number of fighting men Gondor had. -Maedhros


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