# Wielbark culture along the lower Vistula (1)

URL: https://poland-history.com/timeline/1-wielbark-culture-along-the-lower-vistula
Location: Pomerania and lower Vistula

The Wielbark culture, widely linked with the Goths and Gepids, developed in Pomerania with characteristic stone-circle cemeteries such as Odry and Węsiory. Within the broader Roman & Migration Period period: Beyond the Roman frontier, the Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures traded amber and iron with the Empire before the great migrations of the fourth and fifth centuries emptied much of the land. At this point in the timeline (c. 1), the governing authority was Peoples of the Roman and Migration periods (No single ruler). Groups associated with the Przeworsk and Wielbark cultures, including peoples identified with the Vandals, Lugii and Goths, traded with the Roman Empire before much of the region was depopulated during the Migration Period. Wielbark culture along the lower Vistula mattered because it offers material evidence of how people lived on Polish soil long before written records, and helps date the region's earliest cultures. The event is placed here so readers can follow it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion and culture across Polish history.

## Why it matters
Wielbark culture along the lower Vistula mattered because it offers material evidence of how people lived on Polish soil long before written records, and helps date the region's earliest cultures.

Ruler at the time: [Peoples of the Roman and Migration periods](https://poland-history.com/rulers/peoples-of-the-roman-and-migration-periods)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Wielbark culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wielbark_culture)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Wielbark culture along the lower Vistula](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Wielbark+culture+along+the+lower+Vistula)
- [Wikipedia — Przeworsk culture (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przeworsk_culture)