In the first centuries AD, the influence of the Roman Empire was felt all over Europe. Luckily, the territory of Lithuania was situated quite far from the wars, conquests and people’s migration that took place in Southern Europe. The impact that local inhabitants experienced was quite positive, as they got involved in a large trade network. People who lived on the Baltic coast gathered amber washed up by the sea. Their aim was to exchange this Baltic treasure for Roman coins, raw metals or jewellery. They could already exchange goods in all directions, as they established a great many contacts with traders from all over Europe, let alone the local Baltic communities which slowly began to diverge as they developed different customs, clothing and jewellery, and fostered different burial traditions.