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The Amber Road: Europe’s Ancient Luxury Network
Long before the Silk Road connected Rome to China, a different network of tracks and rivers was weaving Northern Europe into the ancient world. This episode explores the Amber Road, a trade route that carried Baltic amber southward to the Mediterranean in exchange for wine, olive oil, and luxury goods. We follow the journey of this fossilized resin from the shores of the Vistula Lagoon to the courts of Julius Caesar and the temples of Apollo. Along the way, we meet the Veneti, Celtic merchants who dominated the early stages of this trade, and we examine how amber became a symbol of status and…
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