Roman Britain
Stage 21
Roman Bath (Aquae Sulis)
Read the information in your folder for this stage, then try these questions
Memor set up a statue near the altar of the goddess
Sulis. The statue has disappeared, but this is the statue
base with his name on it. The altar is in the background
Write here the translation of this inscription:
1. Where is Bath? (Make sure you can place it on a map of Britain)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Why did the Celts regard Bath as sacred? What did they do here?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. How did the Romans develop this site when they came to Britain?
Include a description of,
a) the reservoir __________________________________
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b) the system of plunge baths
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4. What attracted so many people from far away places to Bath?
Give one example of such a visitor and how we know about him or
her
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5. Why was a temple built next to the baths?
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a) What was placed in front of it? ______________________
b) What was set up inside it?
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Left: Head of Sulis Minerva.from inside the temple.
Above: Gorgon sculpture from the pediment of the
temple.
6. Make a drawing of the baths and temple about AD100 –
using the diagram on page 17 of Stage 21 in your folder.
Try to learn the layout, so that you could label it from
memory.
The baths and Temple about 100AD
7. Who was Lucius Marcius Memor and how do we know
about him?
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8. What evidence do we have for Aquae Sulis as a tourist
Centre?
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9. Why was Roman bath called “Aquae Sulis”?
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