The Essential Roman Baths - Softcover

Stephen Bird; Barry Cunliffe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857594665 ISBN 13: 9781857594669

Publisher: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Synopsis:

The Roman Baths at Bath is the best-preserved ancient baths and temple complex in northern Europe. It is here, at the heart of the World Heritage Site of Bath, that the only thermal springs in the UK emerge from deep underground, bringing health and vitality to this beautiful city. In the first century AD, the Romans chose this site to build the most dramatic suite of public buildings of Roman Britain. At the Roman Baths, visitors can see in-situ remains and ornate architectural fragments of the magnificent Temple of Sulis Minerva, goddess of the thermal spring, and the remarkably well-preserved bath-house frequented by residents and pilgrims nearly 2,000 years ago. Also on display are coins and curses thrown into the Sacred Spring as petitions to the presiding goddess, inscriptions recording local people and well-travelled pilgrims, and numerous other treasures unearthed through archaeological excavations over the past 300 years. "The Essential Roman Baths" is the brand-new authorised guide to the site, illustrating why and how the complex was built and displaying many of its greatest treasures.

It features newly commissioned photography of the entire complex and its ancient finds, an authoritative and accessible text, and informative diagrams and illustrations.

About the Author:

Stephen Bird is Head of Heritage Services at the Roman Baths, Bath, and an acknowledged authority on the site. Barry Cunliffe is Professor of European Archeaology at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scala Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1857594665
• ISBN 13: 9781857594669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48