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It is not known. The first account of silk in Rome was in the 1st century AD by Pliny the Elder (23-79 BC) who described silk dresses which allowed women 'to be dressed but nude' and speculated that silk came from 'the hair of sea-sheep' or from trees. It was said that Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) had silk curtains.
Silk was known in Greece and Judea in the 4th century BC. The Persians bought silk from the Chinese. Large scale use of the silk Road for trade begun in the 1st century AD. This is also the period when the Romans conquered Turkey and Syria, which were terminals of the Silk Road on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.
One can speculate that silk reached Rome in the 2nd or 1st century BC.
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How has ancient Chinese silk changed over time?
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Were the roman kings worshipped?
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How has ancient Chinese silk changed over time?
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i guess they wanted fine cloth to trade with people in Europe. They didn't mean to make it. The silk goddess forgot her name but she wasnt goddess at time this made her goddess was drinking tea under a tree, when a silk worm cocoon fell into her tea. It unravled and she told someone to make it into clothes.
