 Stage 21 ~ Aquae Sulis
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 at cure at the sacred spa-town of Bath. Salvius, however, has other plans... |
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| | To bathe... or not to bathe, that is the question for King Cogidubnus. Book III's opening story contains all the watery ingredients to whet (!) your appetite: a sickly, bath-building king, a sacred spring and a town called Aquae Sulis! |
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| Lucius Marcius Memor | Page 6 |
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| | Welcome to the great baths of Aquae Sulis, some of the most sumptuous west of Rome! People have come from far and wide to drink and bathe in the warm waters in hope of a cure for their ailments. However, the manager of the baths, Lucius Marcius Memor, is not at all in a welcoming mood... |
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| | Memor has only one plan today for managing the baths - and that's to close them and for him to spend the day in bed! His laziness is thwarted, however, when a VIP rides into town. |
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| Memor rem suscipit I | Page 10 |
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| | Memor receives a chilling request... What's he to do? |
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| Memor rem suscipit II | Page 11 |
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| | A plan is hatched, the plot thickens and the buck is passed. "Life is full of difficult things"! |
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AQUAE SULIS - THE CITY of BATH
Book III cover - the Gorgon's head| |
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. |
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Stage 21 title-page - Aquae Sulis| |
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.
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Aquae Sulis 1| |
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. |
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Aquae Sulis 2| |
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. |
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Aquae Sulis 3| |
High-quality images of the Great Bath and temple pediment. |
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Aquae Sulis 4| |
360-degree, virtual view of the Great Baths. Note the Roman brick arch, once high up supporting vaulted ceiling. |
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Aquae Sulis 5| |
The Aquae Sulis listing on the Roman-Britain.org website: comprehensive Latin references to the town and relevant inscriptions. Of interest to older surfers. |
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Bath Bubbles: The Roman Baths Game| |
A great, little game where you have to guide Claudius through the various rooms in the Roman baths, collecting objects along the way and ensuring the furnaces don't go out! Roman bath-time has never been so much fun! |
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Bath 1| |
So where exactly is Bath? Put Bath on the map of Britain. |
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Bath 2| |
A website offering histories of the town and people of Bath. Still under construction. |
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Bath 3| |
Go on a virtual tour of Georgian and modern Bath with these panoramas. |
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Memor's statue base| |
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! |
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