Correction

What Was the Silk Road? Trade Routes and Cultural Exchange

Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products

Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.

Role
Correction
Topic
Culture
Status
Accepted
Date
12 July 2026

Suggested change

Changed "Pliny the Elder estimated that Rome spent 100 million sesterces annually on Chinese silk and other eastern luxuries." to "Pliny the Elder estimated that Rome spent about 100 million sesterces annually on luxuries from India, China, and Arabia combined (with roughly 50 ..."

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