Friends, looking for data on deaths under nation-states compared to casualties under the “messy” city-state and statelings regime. Historians tell me that “there were a lot wars” but these wars weren’t cumulatively so murderous. Take Italy: 650,000 people died in the 1rst war; before that I can’t find anything worse than 16,000 in the 16th century. I don’t know how the 30 Y war affected Italy.
Any help with data would be welcome. The concern is city-states in 18th C Europe (and 17th)…
