Roman Baths- There a well preserved site in Bath that date back to Roman Britain. it was once used for public bathing. There are 4 main features: The Sacred Spring, The Roman Temple, The Roman Bath House and The Museum which has finds from Roman Towns.
Hot Spring Formation– Water that bubbles up from the ground at Bath falls as rain by Mendip Hills. There geothermal energy which raises the water temperature. Under this pressure the hot water rises to the surface.
Reason– These sites of the Baths may have been the centre of worship used by Celts. The springs were dedicated to the. goddess Sulis whom the Romans know as Minerva.
Roman Use– Sulis continued to be used after the Roman invasion. During Roman occupation of Britain, engineers drover oak piles to provide a stable foundation in the mud and surrounded the spring with an irregular atone chamber. In the 2nd century it was enclosed within a wooden barrel-vaulted building, and included the caladium (hot bath), tepidarium (lukewarm bath), and frigidarium (cold bath). These were lost in the 5th century when the Roman withdrawal from Britain, the baths fall into despair, silting up and flooding.
Today– You are still able to find Roman Baths, located in the city of Bath, where they have made it into an educational way to lean all about the Romans.
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