Amber Road
overland trade route · 1 AD–399 AD
The road carrying amber from the Baltic coast south to the Roman Empire, ending at Aquileia on the Adriatic. Amber reached the Mediterranean long before Rome, but this is the line the Roman sources and finds describe.
At a glance
- Goods
- amber, Roman coins and metalwork, glass
- Carried by
- land
- Hubs
- Carnuntum → Savaria → Aquileia
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 AD–399 AD | — | low confidence | no observation date recorded | Trading through Carnuntum, Savaria and Aquileia. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Pliny the Elder; translated by D. E. Eichholz, Natural History, Book XXXVII, (1962)