Author: Arvydas Barysas
Publisher: Arvydas Barysas
language: LT, GB, DE, IT, RU, PL
The Amber Road, stretching across Germanic and Aestii baltic lands, enjoined Northern and Southern Europe during the 1 and 2 centuries B.C civilizations of Rome and the Baltic Sea interacted along its route. For several centuries, all sorts of people walked this road - Romans, Grmanic peoples and the Balts themselves.
As historian, Pliny the Elder, attest, the edhe of Germania, from where amber was being delivered, was nearly 600 miles from Carnuntum Pannonia. Julian, organizer of the gladiator games for Emperor Nero, sent a horsman to bring back amber. He carried so much that all the weapons and everyday tools were decorated with amber. The heaviest piece weight 13 pound.
The filmakers reveal secrets, dating back two thousands centuries, on the road from the Baltic Sea to Rome. Mighty battles and everyday life of antiquity are seen along with fortresses,ruins of shrines and the exacting work of archeologists.
