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The Roman Baths are well-preserved thermae in the city of Bath, Somerset, England. A temple was constructed on the site between 60 and 70 AD in the first few decades of Roman Britain. Its presence led to the development of the small Roman urban settlement known as Aquae Sulis around the site.
The Roman Baths collection contains thousands of archaeological finds from pre-Roman and Roman Britain. Find out more about the key objects in this section. The gilt bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva is one of the treasures of Roman Britain.
Roman Baths, well-preserved public bathing facility built about 70 CE on the site of geothermal springs in Roman Britain, now in Bath, England, U.K. The hot mineral springs bubble up from the ground at temperatures well above 104 °F (40 °C), and the main one produces more than 300,000 gallons a day.
Bathing was essential to Roman life and the bath-houses, and what took place there, reveal much about the culture and the people of Roman Britain. An important Roman woman (centre) attends the baths with her servants in this mosaic from the villa at Piazza Armerina, Sicily.
23 sie 2019 · Visiting the once-forgotten Roman Baths will give you insight into the ancient city's long history, and it is also one of the places in England where you can learn a lot about life, religion, and changes in the society of Roman Britain.
Constructed in around 70AD as a grand bathing and socialising complex, the Roman Baths is one of the best-preserved Roman remains in the world, where 1,170,000 litres of steaming spring water, reaching 46°C, still fills the bathing site every single day.
Join us on a one-hour tour of the Baths. Delve into the Roman bathing experience, explore the famous Great Bath and suite of Roman bathing rooms in the East Baths, and see the Sacred Spring where naturally hot water has bubbled up from under the ground for thousands of years.
