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	Welcome to Bath & beyond :: the Roman Baths, Georgian spa City and World Heritage Site :: bath4u.com
		Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs.
		Bath is approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of the larger city and port of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4 road, and is a similar distance south of the M4 motorway.
		The baths were improved and the city began to attract the aristocracy in the bathing seasons.
	www.bath4u.com /main_one.htm (1757 words)

	Roman Baths - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Roman Baths are a tourist attraction and historical place of interest in the English city of Bath.
		This bath was originally covered with a roof, which had previously prevented the green discoloration of the water due to algae.
		During the Roman occupation of Britain increasingly grand temples and bathing complexes were built, but after the Roman withdrawal these fell into disrepair and were eventually lost due to silting up.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Baths,_Bath (261 words)

	Bath
		Bath is approximately 15 miles southeast of the larger city and port of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4 road, and is a similar distance south of the M4 motorway.
		Bath’s city council was abolished in 1996; the ceremonial functions of the city including mayoralty are maintained by the Charter Trustees; all those BANES councillors for wards within the city limits.
		Bath's principal industry is tourism and it is the most visited city outside of London for tourists travelling to the UK, whose visits mainly fall into the categories of heritage and cultural tourism.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bath.html (960 words)

	The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath
		From bath spa, the roman baths and pump room the earliest Roman use of Bath's natural hot waters to the fashionable 18th century elegance of the Georgian Pump Room.
		In the bath spa, the roman baths and pump room lower left centre ground is a face helmet in the form of a dolphin’s head.
		Above bath spa, the roman baths and pump room all this, in the apex of the pediment, is a star.
	www.romanbaths.co.uk /bath_spa.htm (545 words)

	The Roman Baths, Bath
		Regular enhancements to the baths were made throughout the years, and by the late 3rd century they were a far cry from the simplicity of the original pool.
		It wasn't until 1880 that the original Roman Bath complex was unearthed, with the discovery of the Great Bath and the Circular Bath, and it is these baths together with the medieval King's Bath which are on view to the public today.
		Bath is an extraordinarily pleasing city, and the steaming springs of Sulis still hold the same mystique for visitors as they did thousands of years ago.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /roman%20britain/The%20Roman%20Baths.htm (577 words)

	Romans in Britain - Bath.The Roman Baths
		Roman baths were also places where ambitious social climbers could meet those who were influential in the Roman world and so help them to move up another step in the ladder of their careers.
		In Bath this was the Temple of Sulis Minerva which served as a worship to the springs.
		Bath and North East Somerset schools and local residents are admitted free on proof of residence.
	www.romans-in-britain.org.uk /ste_bath_roman_baths.htm (877 words)

	Roman Baths
		Roman baths were part of the day-to-day life in Ancient Rome.
		The larger baths contained statues to the gods and professionals were on hand to help take the strain out of having a bath.
		Bathing was very important to the Ancient Romans as it served many functions.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /roman_baths.htm (784 words)

	Roman Baths Bath Somerset England
		Sitting right in the centre of Bath with the Abbey close by, lie one of the Britain's best preserved memorials to the Roman Era, the roman baths of Bath Somerset England.
		For nearly 2000 years the Roman Baths have stood the test of time and today still have the natural hot water flowing from its first discovered by the Celts who were found encamped around the springs when the Romans invaded in 43AD.
		Known as Aquae Sulis by the Romans, Bath as we know it today, was not a strategic nor a military centre.
	www.bath-hotels-cheap.com /roman-baths (267 words)

	AllRefer.com - baths (Architecture) - Encyclopedia
		Ritual bathing is traceable to ancient Egypt, to prehistoric cities of the Indus River valley, and to the early Aegean civilizations.
		Remains of bathing apartments dating from the Minoan period exist in the palaces at Knossos and Tiryns.
		Bathing in public facilities, or thermae, was developed by the Romans to a unique degree.
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	The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath
		From the roman britain, bath pump room earliest Roman use of Bath's natural hot the roman baths and pump room, city of bath waters to the fashionable 18th century elegance of venue hire bath, sacred spring uk the Georgian Pump Room.
		The very roman baths museum, world heritage city powerful central image of the Gorgon’s head glowered the roman baths and pump room, city of bath down from a height of 15 metres venue hire bath, sacred spring uk on all who approached the temple.
		Above all this, in the the roman baths and pump room, city of bath apex of the pediment, is a star.
	www.romanbaths.co.uk (658 words)

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		There are now fairly laid open, the foundations and remains of very august Roman baths and sudatories, constructed upon their elegant plans, with floors suspended upon square-brick pillars, and surrounded with tubulated bricks, for the equal conveyance of heat and vapour.
		The King's Bath, the Cross, and the Lepers' Bath were simply the wells or cisterns of the springs which were bathed in to the damage of the purity of the water, without dressing-rooms of any kind.
		It is quite clear what Sutherland knew of the great Roman Bath; it is equally clear that when he proceeded, on the strength of his very limited observations, to draw a conjectural plan of the whole bath, he fell into absolute errors, such as, commonly enough, spring out of hasty generalisations based on scanty data.
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	Encyclopedia: Roman bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The term thermae was the word the Ancient Romans used for the buildings housing their public baths.
		Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings, which were centers of public bathing and socialization.
		Within the building the baths were divided according to gender.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Roman-bath (261 words)

	Roman Baths
		We think of bathing as a very private activity conducted in the home, but bathing in Rome was a communal activity, conducted for the most part in public facilities that in some ways resembled modern spas or health clubs (although they were far less expensive).
		The universal acceptance of bathing as a central event in daily life belongs to the Roman world and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that at the height of the empire, the baths embodied the ideal Roman way of urban life.
		Republican bathhouses often had separate bathing facilities for women and men, but by the empire the custom was to open the bathhouses to women during the early part of the day and reserve it for men from 2:00 pm until closing time (usually sundown, though we occasionally hear of a bath being used at night).
	www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/baths.html (1201 words)

	Roman Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The spring is fed by geothermal energy deep under the city of bath, and the water rises constantly at a temperature of about 50°C. The water from this spring is fed to the main bathing pool above.
		The bath above was undiscovered for many years, and it was the spring was was used over the centuries by many medieval kings and queens for their health.
		The head is believed to represent the conflated Romano-Celtic godess Sulis Minerva, Sulis being the celtic godess of the spring, and Minerva being the Roman Athena, godess of wisom, which the conquerors associated with the local godess.
	www.academical.freeserve.co.uk /Trip (459 words)

	Roman Baths \| Bath & Cotswolds Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		During the following century, almost the entire Roman bath complex was rediscovered and excavated, and the museum displays relics of the temple once dedicated to Sulis Minerva.
		The Great Bath is now roofless, and the statuary and pillars belong to the 19th century, but much remains from the original complex, and the steaming, somewhat murky waters are undeniably evocative.
		Adjacent to the Roman bath complex is the famed Pump Room, built 1792-96, a rendezvous place for members of 18th-century and 19th-century Bath society, who liked to check on the new arrivals to the city.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=bath_cotswolds@227&cur_section=sig&property_id=63789 (311 words)

	Bath tourist information: Roman baths, Pump Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Romans built a reservoir around the spring to create a head of water to feed their baths complex.
		King's Bath was sacred, and the museum has a fascinating collection of objects dropped into it by pious Romans.
		The Great Bath, 70ft long, was part of the complex at the heart of Roman Bath.
	www.roadtrip.co.uk /bath5dayst.htm (188 words)

	Back to Britain, Part 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Most Roman citizens visited the public bath at least once a day to exercise, to be bathed and massaged by slaves and to visit with their fellow citizens of all classes.
		Among the treasures unearthed during decades of archeological digging was a full-size bust of the patron goddess of the temple-spa, Sulis Minerva.
		Consequently, the Romans wrote their curses on thin sheets of lead, which of course sank and were preserved.
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	Bath at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bath is a city in western England famous for its baths fed by underground hot springs.
		Bath is approximately 15 miles east of the much larger city of Bristol, to which it is linked by the A4, and is a little way south of the M4 motorway.
		During the Roman occupation of Britain increasingly grand temples and bathing complexes were built.
	wiki.tatet.ru /en/Bath.html (853 words)

	Hotels Near Bath Spa Roman Baths
		Roman Baths is one of the best-preserved Roman sites north of the Alps and at the very heart of the site is the Sacred Spring.
		In Roman times, a great Temple was built next to the Spring, dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva, a deity with healing powers.
		Bath now attracts visitors from all over the world and many choose to stay in perhaps the most refined and distinctive hotel in Bath, The Royal Crescent.
	www.royalcrescent.co.uk /events/bath_spa (243 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath, by Charles E. Davis
		{14} of the baths were filled with water of a height until it reached the level of the adjoining land, covering, as a guardian, the lead and other valuables.
		Being compelled by the then owner of the Kingston Baths to discontinue pumping, I was obliged to abandon my work; and having little hope that I should ever be allowed to recommence it, I removed a portion of the lead, which proved to be a thickness of about 30lbs.
		the memory of the baths was lost; its architectural magnificence was the quarry of the builders, who little dreamt that beneath the soil was buried the rich treasure which we in this century, and those who have preceded us in the last, have had the privilege of laying bare.
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	11.2.05 Mandarin audio-guide launched at Roman Baths - Bath & North East Somerset Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		THE Roman Baths is launching its first audio-guide tour in Mandarin at a special ceremony on Saturday, February 12 to mark the start of the Chinese New Year.
		The reception hall at the Roman Baths will be decorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year and visitors will be able to take part in free activities throughout the day making Chinese dragons from paper and creating their very own Chinese book marks.
		Photographers and reporters are invited to come along to the Roman Baths at 9.50am on Saturday, February 12 for the launch of the Mandarin audio-guide – please report to the main reception and ask for Patricia Dunlop.
	thecityofbath.co.uk /BathNES/media/press+releases/2005/lifeandleisure/PR+2038.htm (1013 words)

	ANCIENT ROMAN BATHS - Rome Apartments Rental - Hotel-Residence Villa Tassoni Roma
		In some baths the floors would be so hot that the bathers would have to wear wooden sandals to stop their feet from being burnt.
		The Baths of Caracalla, or the Antoninian Baths, were begun by Septimius Severus in 206 and inaugurated in 217 by Caracalla.
		There were rooms for cold, hot and warm baths, splendid ceilings, porticoes, pillared halls, gymnasiums, where the rarest marbles, the most colossal columns, and the finest statues were admired by the people; even the baths were of basalt, granite, alabaster.
	www.tassoni.it /ancient-rome/romebaths.htm (497 words)

	Pictures of Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset, England. Roman Baths hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, maps and ...
		Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman temple and bathing complex in Bath.
		The original bases of the stone columns that supported the original Roman roof are still well preserved and so is the lead pipe that carried water from one of the city's four natural hot springs.
		Bath is an elegant city famous for its fascinating history, its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman remains.
	www.picturesofengland.com /England/Somerset/Bath/Roman_Baths (631 words)

	Roman Baths -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Roman Baths are a tourist attraction and historical place of interest in the (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English city of (You soak your body in a bathtub) Bath.
		During the (additional info and facts about Roman occupation of Britain) Roman occupation of Britain increasingly grand temples and bathing complexes were built, but after the Roman withdrawal these fell into disrepair and were eventually lost due to silting up.
		The (additional info and facts about Thermae Bath Spa) Thermae Bath Spa project aims to eventually allow modern-day bathers to experience the waters for themselves.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/roman_baths.htm (168 words)

	Roman Baths in Bath UK, near Box Hedge Farm B&B
		The Roman Baths is one of the best preserved Roman sites north of the Alps.
		Adjacent to the hot springs that feed the Baths there was a major temple dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva.
		In Roman times a phenomenon such as this was beyond human understanding and so was clearly the work of the Gods.
	www.bed-breakfast-bristol.com /Bed_and_Breakfast_Bristol_UK-Box_Hedge_Farm-not_far_from_Roman_Baths.htm (423 words)

	Summer evening opening at Roman Baths - Bath & North East Somerset Council
		THE unique atmosphere of the world famous Roman Baths is made even more magical during the evenings of July and August when the site is open to visitors until 10pm (last admission 9pm).
		Cllr Nicole O’Flaherty, Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Executive Member for Tourism, Leisure and Culture, said: “Summer evening opening at the Roman Baths is a popular draw and is enjoyed by thousands of people every year during July and August.
		The Roman Baths shop will also remain open and the restaurant at the Pump Room will be open for evening meals – last orders need to be in by 9pm.
	www.bathnes.gov.uk /BathNES/media/press+releases/2005/lifeandleisure/PR2161.htm (482 words)

	Roman Baths, Bath. Hand picked Places to Visit in Somerset, England
		Hidden beneath the present city of Bath lie the stone remains of one of the finest religious spas of the ancient world.
		Roman settlers channelled this unique resource to flow through an extensive suite of bathing pools as it cooled.
		The Great Bath still flows with natural hot water and the Roman site has been extensively excavated to reveal both the baths and the remains of a vast 2,000 year old temple.
	www.heritagebritain.com /places/106.html (174 words)

	Care and Repair at the Roman Baths - Bath & North East Somerset Council
		At the Roman Baths six volunteers were recruited from the local community.
		Working with staff from the Roman Baths, the volunteers have selected around 20 objects from the museum stores which are not normally on display to the public.
		The Roman Baths is open daily from 9am-6pm (last admission 5pm) and entry is free to residents of Bath and North East Somerset.
	www.bathnes.gov.uk /BathNES/media/press+releases/2005/lifeandleisure/PR2115.htm (566 words)

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