Who’s pulled the plug on the Roman Baths?
Daily Mail | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Cher Thornhill
Posted on 11/18/2008 6:20:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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“The Roman engineers really knew what they were doing. Most of the drain is in absolutely tip-top condition and still doing the job it was designed for.” ...
Geez - the Romans built the whole damn country and these idiots want to turn it over to Islam but that is also happening closer to home.
Insane what the Romans built and it lasted for many centuries.
I visited Bath in 1996. When we asked the hosts of our charming B & B for their recommendations for a good place to eat, they called a taxi and sent us to a fish place named “Toxique”. Imagine our surprise when we got there and we found that the restaurant was underground and built in an abandoned Roman sewer.
It had all been fixed up and painted chartreuse and other wild colors. Banquettes were built along the length of the drain, the tables were set with crisp white linen and fine crystal and silver, but the arched top of the original sewer and Roman stone work was still visible. The drain had been dug out and widened to make room for a kitchen, etc., and the floor leveled, but the dining area was definitely an old drain.
It was a very expensive restaurant, as I remember and it served only fish. THe combination of the sewer, the name “Toxique”, and the menu of “poisson” sort of set me back on my heels, but the food was good.
The Romans did not have to deal with trade unions.
Grzegorz Sobolewski wrote: Having been studying Roman culture for years, I think I can be sure guessing, that the 33 pcs or carved cameo gemstones were lost intentionally. They probably had functioned as facsimile of somone signiture - after his death, his lawyer, his family or a nearest friend was morally obliged to throw away the "stamp" of the deceased.
In that way, no one could ever produce a "fake-document" signed by the already dead, of for example donation of his house to his former lover. G.R. Sobolewski, Poland
I wonder if Harrogate is built the same way?
Beautiful city; beautiful site.
Amazing that the Roman engineers would have spent that much time and treasure in their outlying territories to have these magnificent structures last for a few thousand years.
Must’a been before “shovel ready” “stimulas packages” impacted Rome’s treasury!
From Life of Brian - What have the Romans ever done for us? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWfh6sGyso&feature=player_embedded
This website on Roman aqueducts aims to show what marvellous work has been done by engineers and architects of the Roman empire. http://www.romanaqueducts.info/
