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Conclusion: - From Aquae Sulis to Bath

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2020

Eleri H. Cousins
Eleri H. Cousins
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Lancaster University
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This final chapter draws together the themes from the previous chapters to discuss the place of Roman Aquae Sulis as a whole. It then examines the archaeological evidence for the sanctuary’s decay and eventual abandonment in the context of our broader understanding of late- and sub-Roman Britain, and finishes by looking at the Old English poem ‘The Ruin’, thus bringing the story full-circle back to the Middle Ages and the rise of Bath as a healing spa.

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Late antiquityRoman religionRoman BathAnglo-Saxon Bathinterpretatio romanasyncretism
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The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire , pp. 187 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • From Aquae Sulis to Bath
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.007
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  • From Aquae Sulis to Bath
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.007
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  • From Aquae Sulis to Bath
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.007
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