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Curator's Choice: The Roman Baths Museum
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I've not selected my favourite object but the one I find most
intriguing because it tells us a lot about Roman Bath from
comparatively little. It is the tombstone of a priest called Gaius
Calpurnius Receptus, who worked for the temple of Sulis Minerva at
Bath. It reads in translation: "To the spirits of the departed;
Gaius Calpurnius Receptus, priest of the goddess Sulis, lived 75
years; Calpurnia Trifosa, his freedwoman (and) wife, had this set
up."
As with all inscriptions, it contai...
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Step back in time as characters help bring Roman baths to life
Bath Chronicle, The
; Costumed characters have begun greeting visitors to Bath's busiest tourist attraction. People dressed as characters from the Roman era will now be a regular sight at the council-run Roman Baths. The characters have been drawn up after examination of archaeological evidence at the site, which is
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