The Golden Milestone in Rome and the Artashat trade route

According to the source, the famous Roman Golden Milestone (Milliarium Aureum), compiled in the 1st–2nd centuries AD, records a trade route coming from China and passing through Artashat. This route helped Artashat become a rich and large city. In the 1st–2nd centuries silk continued to hold first place among the goods brought from China to Armenia.

The photograph shows carved marble fragments set on a stone base among ancient ruins. Below is a small plaque with the Latin inscription MILLIARIVM AVREVM (Golden Milestone).