
Quintus has spent the winter of AD 82 with his distant relation, Salvius. The news this spring, though, is that King Cogidubnus' health is failing and he's going to seek a cure at the sacred spa-town of Bath. Salvius, however, has other plans...
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Aquae Sulis: the City of Bath
AQUAE SULIS - THE CITY of BATH
The magnificent "Gorgon" sculpture from the Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath (Aquae Sulis). The temple was one of only two traditionally-designed Roman temples (with a triangular pediment topping a colonnaded front) that we know of in Roman Britain.
More details in the link below.
This incomplete silver saucepan handle with gilded details features the goddess Minerva (with gorgon's head on her chest) standing above a temple which is set close by a water-source indicated by overflowing amphorae. A figure makes an offering before the temple. The scene is highly reminiscent of the precinct of Sulis Minerva at Bath. This fragment of a silver saucepan is just one of many Romano-Britsh vessels that make up the Capheaton treasure, found in Northumberland in 1747, and now in the Britsh Museum.
The official website of the Roman Baths at Bath: a great site, full of information, plans and reconstructions of the baths and temple complex.
Be sure to check out other sections of the website, including "Collections" which details archaeological finds, including the gilded head of the goddess Sulis Minerva and the wild, stone sculpted head from her temple - which may, or may not be, the Gorgon Medusa.
The "Children's pages" from the official site of the Roman Baths at Bath... but this mini-site should be checked out by everyone! The story of the baths is presented as Questions and Answers which are packed full of interesting facts.
High-quality images of the Great Bath and temple pediment.
360-degree, virtual view of the Great Baths. Note the Roman brick arch, once high up supporting vaulted ceiling.
The Aquae Sulis listing on the roman-britain.co.uk website: comprehensive Latin references to the town and relevant inscriptions. Of interest to older surfers.
A video from The Roman Baths Museum at Aquae Sulis. 10 mins 50 secs.
A great, little game where you have to guide Peregrinus through the various rooms in the Roman baths, collecting objects along the way and trying to find his cloak! Roman bath-time has never been so much fun!
So where exactly is Bath? Put Bath on the map of Britain.
A website offering histories of the town and people of Bath. Still under construction.
Go on a virtual tour of Georgian and modern Bath with these panoramas.
This is the base of a statue (presumably of Sulis-Minerva or Memor himself, but long since disappeared) inscribed:
To the Goddess Sulis
L(ucius) Marcius Memor
Harusp(ex)
D(ono) D(edit) - gave this as a gift
So, our character Memor actually existed, was a haruspex, a priest who examined the entrails of sacrifical animals, and regarded the sacred spring at Aquae Sulis as worthy of reverence. His character in these stories, though, is entirely fictitious!
This tin mask, of unknown function, was thrown into the sacred spring in hope of future health or perhaps in gratitude for recovery.
Other finds, as shown on pp.19-20 in CLC Book III, include: bronze bowl with "Hadrian's Wall" decoration; pewter pan decorated with dolphins; a pewter jug; a gold earring with garnet inset; a cornelian stone cut with the figure of Fortuna, Roman goddess of fate and luck; and even part of a military catapult!