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3 - Experiencing Aquae Sulis

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 chapter explores what visitors would have seen at the sanctuary and how its setting and built environment would have shaped their experiences at the site more broadly. It begins with an archaeologically grounded reconstruction of the sanctuary and its monuments. It then uses this reconstruction to discuss Aquae Sulis’s dual role as a classicizing, monumentalized, space, and a space outside the normal bounds of lived existence, with aspects of a pilgrimage destination.

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Roman BathAquae Sulisarchaeologypilgrimageclassicalmonumentalizationsanctuaryarchitecture
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The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire , pp. 50 - 69
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Experiencing Aquae Sulis
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.003
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  • Experiencing Aquae Sulis
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.003
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  • Experiencing Aquae Sulis
  • Eleri H. Cousins, Lancaster University
  • Book: The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
  • Online publication: 07 January 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108694735.003
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