Aquae Sulis Flashcards
1
Q
What rooms did the bath complex have?
A
Tepidarium, caldarium, frigidarium
2
Q
What were the underfloor pipes made of?
A
Lead
3
Q
What’s the underfloor heating system called?
A
Hypocaust
4
Q
What objects have been excavated from the spring?
A
Gold jewellery, jugs, goblets, coins, defixiones
5
Q
How were defixiones decorated?
A
Magic nonsense words, backwards writing, symbols of death
6
Q
How was a mystical atmosphere created in the temple?
A
Bronze statues & decorations, fires burning
7
Q
What is Minerva the goddess of?
A
Health, wisdom, craftsmen
8
Q
Why was the spring special?
A
Hot, bubbling with mineral-rich water
9
Q
What was at the centre of the complex?
A
The hot spring
10
Q
3 reasons why people visited?
A
- worship Sulis Minerva
- visit the baths
- seek healing of their ailments
11
Q
How would visitors worship Sulis?
A
- make sacrifices
- throw offerings in the sacred spring
