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What is the significance of Sulis Minerva for both Romans and the Celts?
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What is the significance of Sulis Minerva for both Romans and the Celts? BY Saori Yoshimoto 10 Bru Both Rome and Britain had many religions, in which a selection of gods could be worshipped at many levels. At one end of the scale were the official cults of the emperor and the 'Capitoline Triad Jupiter, Juno and Minerva', linked to other Olympian gods like Mars. At the other end, every spring, every river, every crossroads, lake or wood had its own local spirit with its own local shrine. The Romans had no problem in combining these with their own gods, simply associating them with the god(s) or goddess (es) who most resembled them. Bath is a big town of 84,200 inhabitants, on the River Avon. In the 1st century AD, the Celtic way of life faced a huge turning point, when the Romans conquered...
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