The route of the Attic trade along the eastern Adriatic was established during praehistoric periods. The Pentelic marble sculptures or parts of them appeared in Dalmatia from the 1st century AD. Attic sarcophagi were quarried and cut in the vicinity of Athens.They were sent in various parts of Roman Empire since the mid 2nd c. AD. One branch of that trade led along the eastern Adriatic. Salona and Aquileia, very important cities on the Eastern Adriatic, were the main goals of the ship cargos. There are more than hundred fragments or entirely preserved specimens in each of these both cities. Since the Attic sarcophagi were very expensive, this commerce must have been very profitable. South-East of the mouth of the Po river the Attic sarcophagi were not found until now.
