Whether the territory was already populated at the time is disputed.

Later, the territory was populated by many of the civilizations in the area.

The new territory was populated by veteran soldiers of Augustus.

Archeologists estimate that this territory has been populated for less than 12,000 years.

At that time the neighbouring territories were already populated with Germans.

In practice, such territories have always been sparsely populated.

Directly, the Gurkhans administered limited territories, populated in 1170 by 84,500 families under direct rule.

As usual, the territory near Aquileia was populated, in order to establish a settlement in the area.

The annexed territories, although comparable in size to Western Europe, were sparsely populated.

The territory of Gori has been populated since the early Bronze Age.