And nowhere was this clearer than here in Bath. Bath was the quintessential Romano-British place. At once mod con and mysterious cult, therapy and luxury, a marvel of hydraulic engineering and a showy theatre of the waters of healing. The spa was an extravaganza of buildings constructed over a spring that gushed a third of a million gallons of piping hot water into the baths every day.


这在古城巴斯体现得淋漓尽致。巴斯汇集了罗马-不列颠文化的精髓，曾集神秘的祭祀奢华与疗养兼顾的水利工程奇迹和华丽的水疗院于一身。这座温泉浴场就是这样的奢华建筑，建于泉水之上，每天可容纳三十余万加仑热水涌入浴室池间。