There is proof that the Roman Empire had trade links with Pangkung Paru in Bali in Southeast Asia. This is a revelation. It was thought that Rome conquered most of the known world, but knowledge of far away Asia must have been commonly known on Europe.
An oval stone sarcophagus was found and it was excavated by the Bali Institute of Archaeology (BALAR). It contained the largest collection of Roman gold-glass beads. Moreover, there were also bronze mirrors from China. People did not stay in their home villages in those days. They travelled widely.
Trade from Europe to far Asia blossomed on the mid 1st-millennium. However it was not thought to have happened this far back. Another four burial sites in Pangkung Paru yielded bronze artifacts, shells, gold ear pendants, and more gold-glass beads as well as Chinese bronze mirrors. A second sarcophagus had a bronze drum and artifacts draped around the individual's skull.
The gold-glass beads were from the time when Rome occupied Egypt. They have been found at Berenike on the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Nubia. The style of Gold ear pendants in Bali are similar in design to the Middle Eastern objects.
Trade obviously took place with Southeast Asia in the 1st century AD. At that time Rome got glass from India. Gold analyzed from Bali artifacts show it came from the Vietnam-Laos region. Much of written history taught in text books will have to be rewritten.
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Trade obviously took place with Southeast Asia in the 1st century AD. At that time Rome got glass from India. Gold analyzed from Bali artifacts show it came from the Vietnam-Laos region. Much of written history taught in text books will have to be rewritten.
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Keywords: silk asia indian trade empire east asia trade route sea southeast trade roman protects sea china route asia india roman india road india china east sea southeast road southeast silk peninsula indian protects chinese east road indian peninsula chinese protects china empire route chinese roman empire silk peninsula ships century traders arrived cargo egypt issues rome seas years thousand silver gold gifts reached arriving region archipelago greek goods massive conquest mountains deserts paths history west historical road’s