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Aquae Sulis (The Spring (Believed it had healing powers, immersion, Celts…
Aquae Sulis
The Spring
Believed it had healing powers
immersion
Celts worshipped Sulis
Aquae sulis, The town
Other significant buildings were basilica and probably a theatre
Lies beneath the modern city of bath
in AD 83 it was a small growing community
Water statistics
temperature between 46 and 49 degrees
Water fell as rain 10,000 years ago
Water emerges from underground at over a rate of a million litres a day
Romanisation
Built baths supplied by holy spring
Became a tourist centre
Kept religious spring as celts had before and built temple to Sulis
The temple
a life-size bronze statue of goddess Sulis Minerva was inside
linking Sulis to Minerva got the Celts to recognise Roman religion as well
altar stood in front
Buildings
Contained three main plunge baths
Also a suite of hot baths heated by hypocaust
main building was large and rectangular
Around the spring
Reservoir lined in lead and surrounded by a stone balustrade
bubbling water and overhung by clouds of steam
Enclosed in a large reservoir