The History of Bath’s historic Roman baths

">a compact and architecturally stunning city which is
Nestled in the English county of Somerset lies Bath, apunctuated by its Georgian buildings and famous
city famous for, and named after, its Roman bath andRoman baths.
temple complex. Once called Aquae Sulis, Bath wasThough first coveted by the Celts, who were said to
probably taken over by the Romans in the invasion ofbelieve the ancient hot springs were sacred, it
Britain in AD 43 thanks to its vast natural hot springwasn’t until the Romans invaded that they
which was at the time a commemorative shrine to therealised their full potential and built the elegant temples
Celtic Brython goddess, Sulis. Sitting on the beautifuland baths which are now fully restored and open to
banks of the River Avon in the West Country, Bath isvisitors.