Aquae

AQUAE (Lat. for " waters "), a name given by the Romans to sites where mineral springs issued from the earth. Over a hundred can br identified, some declaring by their modern names their ancient use: Aix-les-Bains in Savoy (Aquae Sabaudicae), Aiz-en-Provence (Aquae Sextiae), Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen (Aquae Grant), &c. Only two occur in Britain: Aquae Suits — less correctly Aquae Salts — at Bath in Somerset, which was famous, and Buxton (called Aquae simply), which seems to have been far less important. Aquae Sulis…

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Vol. 2, pp. 237-237