Smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Roman Empire information
6th-century event in which two monks smuggled silkworm eggs into the Roman Empire from China
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Stealing and smuggle of silkworm eggs into the Roman Empire
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Date
Mid-6th century (552/563 CE)
Location
Central Asia
Participants
Two monks
Outcome
Establishment of Roman silk industry
In the mid-6th century CE, two monks, with the support of the Roman emperor Justinian I, acquired and smuggled living silkworms into the Roman Empire, which led to the establishment of an indigenous Roman silk industry that long held a silk monopoly in Europe.
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