Outline the importance of water at ritual sites in Roman Britain.
- Created by: AliceEva
- Created on: 30-04-14 12:55
View mindmap
- Outline the importance of water at ritual sites in Roman Britain.
- Sulis Minerva, Aquae Sulis.
- Liminal zone, votive offerings and hot springs.
- Purity and cleansing
- Sensory experience
- The Temple of Apollo
- small pools, to wash hands etc
- Purity and cleansing
- small pools, to wash hands etc
- Rivers
- Votive offerings found, firstly curse tablets but also small figurines of body parts thrown into the liminal zone for healing.
- small pool at Temple in Uley
- Water nymph fresco at the Lullingstone Villa
- Water = Liminal zone
- Bringing people closer to the gods, creating communication.
- Coventina's well.
- originally a small well but walls were built around it to make it more sacred and private.
- Coins thrown in
- Sulis Minerva, Aquae Sulis.
Comments
No comments have yet been made