As early as 1500 B.C.E., one of the Amber Routes, important trade ways connecting the north and the south of Europe, passed through the city. Later, traffic across the ford was controlled by a fortress on the nearby hill where Bratislava Castle is now located.
तिथले पर्वत स्थानिक सेल्टिक लोकांकरता एका किल्ल्यासमान होते; हे लोक कुंभारकाम आणि नाण्यांवर शिक्के मारण्याचे काम करायचे.