Smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Roman Empire

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Stealing and smuggle of silkworm eggs into the Roman Empire

The Silk Road
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.