{"id":4020,"date":"2024-08-30T08:32:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T06:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/?post_type=oum-location&#038;p=4020"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T08:52:13","slug":"roman-baths-at-bath","status":"publish","type":"oum-location","link":"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/en\/oum-location\/roman-baths-at-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Baths at Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1tkxypww-9e02fae457266b3f6834588c9dab17f4\">\n#top .flex_column.av-1tkxypww-9e02fae457266b3f6834588c9dab17f4{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-1tkxypww-9e02fae457266b3f6834588c9dab17f4{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Inrto-News-Beitrag\"  class='flex_column av-1tkxypww-9e02fae457266b3f6834588c9dab17f4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1p253mwg-fbfbd7c457aa92b1ee61c95474009eaa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock beitragsueberschrift'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Roman Baths at Bath<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column_table av-1lvee7u8-dc8a43b36586de62865e6d76c47b14e9 sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1lvee7u8-dc8a43b36586de62865e6d76c47b14e9\">\n#top .flex_column_table.av-equal-height-column-flextable.av-1lvee7u8-dc8a43b36586de62865e6d76c47b14e9{\nmargin-top:15px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-1lvee7u8-dc8a43b36586de62865e6d76c47b14e9{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"angaben-institutionen\"  class='flex_column av-1lvee7u8-dc8a43b36586de62865e6d76c47b14e9 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1gh8p9v4-b093a3fe534dfe7801bff17ac162ca23\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-1gh8p9v4-b093a3fe534dfe7801bff17ac162ca23 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#fc0000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-1gh8p9v4-b093a3fe534dfe7801bff17ac162ca23 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='av-desktop-hide av-medium-hide av-small-hide av-mini-hide avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Wenn es kein Logo gibt, wird diese Spalte einfach leer gelassen. 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Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2lmyixs-936de51501197d0e5cf944f3dca852ab__1  slide-2 slide-even'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3051 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3051\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='The open-air Great Bath, a lead-lined pool lined supplied water from the natural spring at a constant temperature of 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) that was not discovered until the 1870s.' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/02-49-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-m2lmyixs-936de51501197d0e5cf944f3dca852ab__2  slide-3 slide-odd'><a href=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-705x369.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-3047 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3047\"  src=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41.jpg\" width=\"860\" height=\"450\" title='Some of the coins excavated from the Sacred Spring that serve to illustrate portraits of Roman emperors. Clockwise from upper left: sestertius of Claudius (41-54 AD), tetradrachm of Diocletian (284-305 AD), and a dupondis of Tiberius (14-37 AD).' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41.jpg 860w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/numismatic-directory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/03-41-705x369.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><div class='av-image-copyright av-copyright-left'><span>\u00a9 Howard M. Berlin<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls' ><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='left-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Previous\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-1' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-1' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-1'>Previous<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-1'>Previous<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M14.464 27.84q0.832 0.832 0 1.536-0.832 0.832-1.536 0l-12.544-12.608q-0.768-0.768 0-1.6l12.544-12.608q0.704-0.832 1.536 0 0.832 0.704 0 1.536l-11.456 11.904z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Previous<\/span><\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide  avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello' tabindex='-1' title=\"Next\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-labelledby='av-svg-title-2' aria-describedby='av-svg-desc-2' role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<title id='av-svg-title-2'>Next<\/title>\n<desc id='av-svg-desc-2'>Next<\/desc>\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Next<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-13ixj50w-468ae5bc84d1df69d7e9e5e7563748a3\">\n#top .flex_column.av-13ixj50w-468ae5bc84d1df69d7e9e5e7563748a3{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-13ixj50w-468ae5bc84d1df69d7e9e5e7563748a3{\nmargin-top:6%;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"Texte-Geschichte-Bestand-Aktivitaeten\"  class='flex_column av-13ixj50w-468ae5bc84d1df69d7e9e5e7563748a3 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8g1hgh-bbda1f1c9196d32346f022d2f1bf7282 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The once ancient Roman city of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, is situated on the Avon River in Wessex. Because of its natural hot springs, the city has been a popular resort for almost two millennia.<\/p>\n<p>When Romans occupied Britain in the 1st century AD, they built their own bath complex along with an ingenious under-the-floor heating system, or hypocaust. Because they also recognized the medicinal properties of the natural spring, the Romans combined the name of their goddess of war and medicine, Minerva, with the local Celtic goddess of healing, Sulis, as Sulis Minerva, and renamed the city in 43 AD as Aquae Sulis in her honor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-wmaocds-df9585ca94275c082645e31e593498d9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-wmaocds-df9585ca94275c082645e31e593498d9{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-wmaocds-df9585ca94275c082645e31e593498d9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8g1ulb-16e0897d074267f26f298797facc679a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The Great Bath<\/h2>\n<p>Although the Romans built their bath complex almost 2,000 years ago, it fell into ruin and the open-air Great Bath, the heart of the city\u2019s spa complex, was not discovered until the 1870s. All of the surrounding building, terrace, and statues of Roman dignitaries are from the late 19th century. Once past the entrance hall, the Museum complex contains several baths which are below street level, a temple to Sulis Minerva, the Sacred Spring, and a museum exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Bath is lined with 45 sheets of lead and is about five feet deep. It is supplied with water from the natural spring at a constant temperature of 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-tr5bsds-9a548c1e5998c5973b7b8ec2c0bc54cb\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-tr5bsds-9a548c1e5998c5973b7b8ec2c0bc54cb{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-tr5bsds-9a548c1e5998c5973b7b8ec2c0bc54cb hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8g28en-7ee837712fe8026112c97577930ad8e9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Roman Coins Found<\/h2>\n<p>Near the end of the Museum complex, there is a small exhibit of some of the more than 12,000 coins recovered from the hot Sacred Spring, thrown by Romans wishing good luck from the gods. This is the largest votive collection in Britain. Although the quality of the 40 or so coins on display is nowhere near the level one would expect of those on display in say, the British Museum, these coins nonetheless do serve an educational purpose to those unfamiliar with ancient Roman coinage.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit explains that most Roman coins (gold, silver, and bronze) reached Britain via the army and civil service. Among those shown are: a silver antoninianus of Philip II (247\u2013249 AD), a bronze centenionalis of Magnentius (350\u2013353), and a gold solidus of Valens (364\u2013378), with both obverse and reverse specimens.<\/p>\n<p>Other coins in the exhibit help to explain that the obverse of Roman coins normally bore the image of the emperor with the legend giving his name and titles in abbreviated form, as illustrated by bronze coins of Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Antonius Pius, Commodus, and Diocletian.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2kawywg-4a56dba2ecd3a549543ededb822b7793\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2kawywg-4a56dba2ecd3a549543ededb822b7793{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2kawywg-4a56dba2ecd3a549543ededb822b7793 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8g2n7f-3dd7ecb5f6651961d976f66bf5d0ce3d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Coin Motives<\/h2>\n<p>Very often following the emperor\u2019s death, coins were struck, giving his newly divine status, such as the bronze coin of the Emperor Augustus (27 BC\u201314 AD). One commemorative coin shown is that of Faustina, the wife of Antionius Pius (138\u2013161 AD), who chose to honor a member of the Imperial household with his wife\u2019s portrait rather than his own.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit also explains that the reverse designs of Roman coins were generally used as a means of conveying throughout the empire the military and political achievements of the emperor or events about his family. Popular gods, such as Neptune and Sol, and symbolic figures, like Liberty and Virtue, were portrayed, often standing with the emperor as head of the state religion. Animals, such as boars, elephants, and the she-wolf (with the mythical founders of Rome\u2014Romulus and Remus), were also popular motifs. Coins found in the Sacred Spring also serve to pinpoint the dates during which the baths were in use.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kiezsmo-e04d85bc3e2526ebc956f18814f8db49\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kiezsmo-e04d85bc3e2526ebc956f18814f8db49{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kiezsmo-e04d85bc3e2526ebc956f18814f8db49 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu8g4cfz-9d9699359720f398078265a3b4bef57a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This text was written by Howard M. Berlin and first published in his book The Numismatourist in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can order his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dr-Howard-Berlin-Numismatourist-Worldwide\/dp\/B00RWU02F4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">numismatic guidebook at Amazon<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.numismatourist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #0070c0;\">Howard M. 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