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When you soaked yourself in a bath, you were washing your body and your soul, ablution and devotion at the same time. Much of the bathing, as well as the flirting, the gossip and the deal making went on in this austerely grandiose Great Bath. But the spiritual heart of the place was the sacred spring, a ferny grotto where water collected and where the devotees of the presiding goddess, Sulis Minerva, could look through a specially constructed window at the altar erected in her honour and occasionally could throw gift offerings in her way. Bath was not the only place where RomanoBritons could wallow in the wellbeing of the province. |
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dāng nǐ jìn rù chí jiān, shēn tǐ yǔ líng hún huì yī tóng xǐ jìng, shì shēn yǔ xīn de shuāng chóng xǐ lǐ. duō shù de mù yù tiáo qíng, xián huà yǔ jiāo yì, dōu zài zhè gè gǔ diǎn ér hóng wěi de dà yù shì zhōng jìn xíng. ér cǐ dì de jīng shén hé xīn shì yī yǎn shèng quán, yí gè jí xù shuǐ yuán zhǎng mǎn tái xiǎn de dòng xué. zài cǐ, nǚ shén sū lǐ sī mǐ niè ěr wǎ de chóng bài zhě men, néng gòu zài wèi nǚ shén ér lì de shén tán shàng, tòu guò yī shàn tè zhì de chuāng kǒu, hái néng ǒu ěr wèi nǚ shén tóu xià gòng fèng. bā sī bìng fēi wéi yī luó mǎ bù liè diān jǐn mì róng hé zhī dì. |