The Ancient Healing Powers Of The Roman Baths 

Yes, well, but heal you from leprosy, you have leprosy and are afraid of getting lead poisoning, but end up with having your brain eaten instead, but no leprosy, so it is not all bad

Certain Hot pools in New Zealand, have an ameba that enter the nose . They've been shut for years , yet the warnings still get pasted - " Do not place head under water . Do not Get water up your nose . It's amebic meningitis .and can be fatal .

@@davidarundel6187- is there any animal at all that is not lethally dangerous qin Australia?

I was under the impression it was sewage which contaminated the ground water/spring, due to poor water treatment, I am sure someone will correct me if wrong, I seem to remember a report when it closed.

my guess was lead too

They didn’t close it until 1978 so you were allowed to swim before that.

Yes I also visited in later 70s amazing inspired by ...

@@indianasquatchunters nothing is stopping you from jumping in now. As others have done (look on RU-vid!)

Just on a weekend with lunch money

Without knowing anything about it and just making a wild guess, the city leaders took advantage of a situation to implement an unpopular rule. With a little time it was mostly forgotten and the new tradition is now established.

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God bless both you and whoever is reading, dont forget Jesus loves you. He died on the cross for our sins and rose three days later. Have an amazing and safe day!!

@Niphyra 😆

I've also seen it where the fite baskets around the pool are lit, very atmospheric.

So that waterfall she was showing, what is that ?

@@aurahyhj That sounds like the outlet of the natural hot spring from under the ground - the water is quite hot and steamy.

I visited the baths two times yet. My personal recommendation is to go there weekdays early in the morning so you don't have to deal with a ton of loud tourists.😁

Bath is shite

Michael Moore I lived in Bath from 1960 to 1969, and one of my friends went to a party swimming in the Baths, before they closed them because of the amoeba. I hated the taste of the Water at the drinking fountain in the Pump Rooms, so only ever had a sip. Bath is one of my favourite places in the World. I just wish houses were less expensive there !

oh pity .. what a good place for swimming and relaxing..

That's a lovely corner of England, the bridge is superb.

I remember swimming in those baths and the fountain too

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ What a moronic thing to say. I pity anyone who is forced to listen to your cretinous bullshit. Your poor family and all.

True

She's easy on the eyes

@@steveriley7331 yeah she sure is

That sundress. Distracting to say the least

Pretty and knows her history…she’s a keeper

Alice was quite pleasant

@@theaxe6198 And that Sun 🌞 Dress! 👗😁😃😉

Alice is absolutely lovely. Her personality, apparel, and looks are exceptional.

I thought she was irritating as fuck.

@@James-to7pi for me its quite the sunny or summer feeling therefore i just enjoy it.

Way better than anything on regular television. Entertaining and to the point. No commercials.

Yeah i immediately was like "did she say Seltic?"

If one thing doesn't get you something else will!

@@MsMesem true, but I would prefer the something else that doesn't eat your brain.

It's really about tradeoffs. If you find bathing in natural pools unearthly and delightful, is it worth a not insignificant chance at a deadly illness? You may answer yes, partly because you doubt the probability or intensity of the infection. But consider that many people think natural pools, especially hot ones, are disgusting and wouldn't bathe in them even if it were 100% safe and you paid them. Saying that you'll die of something eventually, is just refusing to think about it and hoping it'll be all right. If you're going that route you might as well toss in a prayer to Minerva while you're at it, for all the good it'll do you.

I don't swim where I can't see the bottom. Did go to a spring in colorado a long time ago where i could see the bottom. Also saw a good sized snake slither right into and nope'd for good

I feel bad for people who are ruled by fear.

Guilty as charged. At the holiday camp in Rotorua, some years ago

As someone who barely survived a meningitis, I really hope they won't have to learn it the hard way ://

24:36 Why is swimming banned?

@@sandal_thong8631 Danke !

@@sandal_thong8631 thanks

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Hi, I live right next to some of the old mines that supplied the stone to south Africa, and actually used to work in one. Even though it's called bath stone most of the mines are in the surrounding areas around Bath. Some are now owned by the minestry of defence and were converted to ammo factory's and nuclear fall out shelters, if you search BOX TUNNELS or mines there are loads of stuff to watch.

Not to be a jerk, but oolitic limestone is not sandstone

Awesome info 👌🏼

@@cathieblackburn2695 why... :(

Do you know what a teleprompter is

We do realize that there isn't a segment that goes on for more than a minute that isn't followed up by a voice over portion or a cutaway a different backdrop.

Sure, she has notes. But her eyes don't follow a teleprompter, and she cites enough lengthy details without voiceover to still impress

@@Bout_TreeFiddy there are many voiceovers. Any time narration in not accompanied by an image of the speaker it's a voiceover. There's a script. There's nothing wrong with that.

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Wasn't leprosy a collect all term back in the day?

@Michael Buck that's pretty safe to say, considering the failure of accuracy in differential diagnosis. Interestingly enough, leprosy itself really was very common in Europe during the Middle Ages, according to archeology and osteology studies. Mineral baths wouldn't help with that.

@@bforman1300 I'm finding true history is far more interesting than what's fed in school. Quite a journey when you find things out that make so much more sense. I'm assuming that the majority of I'll health etc during these periods was poor nutrition, sanitation and living in ever expanding towns and settlements. A place we are fast heading back too.

@Michael Buck certainly that didn't help. Most women died during the childbearing age, probably because midwives didn't know to wash their hands. As recently as 1904 the number 3 cause of death in the US was diarrhea due to lack of clean drinking water and people not washing their hands. But people were also dropping like flies from a host of diseases we never think of because we get vaccinated against them (diphtheria, pertussis, tuberculosis, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, flu, malaria, etc) or can get treated for and cure - syphylis, tuberculosis (though there are drug resistant varieties of that) - and yes, they spread like crazy in dense population centers with poor sanitation. And infections aren't a big deal now due to antibiotics. When Tolkien says, "some wounds never truly heal," most people take it as a reference to PTSD, but he lived most of his life before antibiotics were available and meant it literally. We went to pieces over the quarantine, but even in my childhood quarantines were a fact of life. We take the privileges of modern Western medicine for granted, but in my parents' generation, childhood polio was a plague. Oh, and the all-time number 1 killer of humans was smallpox, which has been extinct since the 1970s except in a few labs. I did see a RU-vid video about drowning being the number 4 cause of death during Tudor England due to people falling in while trying to dip water from streams with steep / slick banks and then not being able to get out due to waterlogged clothing.

@@bforman1300 ah sorry you lost me as soon as you mentioned vaccinations and thus germ theory. That's a conversation we best avoid ;-)

Yep the Allied Forces returned the Favor and “Bombed” the Shit out of “Berlin”

I think Pompeii got “Bombed “ By the “Allies”

Actually, the Germans bombed Bath because the Admiralty had been evacuated from London to the Empire Hotel, adjacent to The Pulteney Bridge, so Bath became a target. My great grandmother was dug out from under the ruins of he house after one of the raids. Subsequently, she moved to York Street..fifty yards from the Roman Baths and Bath Abbey.

@@martinsaunders2942 Really? I thought it was retaliation for Dresden?

@@tosspot1305 that was the us doin the bombing, why would they retaliate with British civilians

Quite interesting?? You mean it stinks to high heaven cos it’s eggy and tastes even worse. So annoying just say it’s gross

@@handsoffmycactus2958 contains sulfides, yeah. It comes from a long way underground so picks up a lot of minerals on teh way up

And that Dan Snow is hot!

Same, same here! Alice reminds me of Mary B. Both have the same enthusiasm for history!!

and am born wiTh a ITaLy nobile Title in ITaly a? ordinary farmer wife = no Lady like The Lady Title of UK ThaTs very differenT

@@skontheroad oh yeah.. . Definitely!!! 💯

RU-vid algorithm took me here and was going to comment the same!

Georgian era wealth from Aztec silver plundered from the new world and slavery and sugar production.

@@paulashe61 and?? don't forget the Brisith eventually outlawed slavery = more than the Aztecs ever did.

and the round pool was an offering pool

I live in New England, and although not as visually “woah”, there’s really cool stone structures that native Americans made. Look into “prayer stones” they’re pretty cool.

it's not 2000 years old, it was build around 1890. They found the ruins of the original piping and flooring under the contemporary era buildings, bought the buildings, demolished them and rebuilt the replica you are looking at. With no roof and smaller. But yea, it's pretty.

@@ionicafardefrica There are 2000 year old Roman ruins in Britain and other places. In our modern world we can barely build build anything to last 50 years.

This country goes back well beyond 300 years lol that’s just when the colonizers came and took over

Well the bath and the courtyard is roman but the buildings that enclose it are Georgian i.e. 18thC. The lead pipework and the lead sheets lining the bath are original roman it survived because in the post roman period the area became a swamp and the bath and floors etc were buried they were uncovered during the 18thC, any stonework standing above the surface was mostly quarried away - there was a barrel vaulted brick roof to the bath house building the remains of which can be seen at one end it collapsed at some point in the early medieval period. It did survive long enough for an anglo-saxon poet to allude to it in "The Ruin": on this bright burg of broad dominion. Stood stone houses; wide streams welled hot from source, and a wall all caught in its bright bosom, that the baths were hot at hall’s hearth; that was fitting … Thence hot streams, loosed, ran over hoar stone unto the ring-tank …. … It is a kingly thing

Also recently, a woman using one of those nose flush things got the amoeba. From TAP WATER ! That’s also very scary 😅

Your actual risk is slight though. Amazing what people can be made afraid of & what they'll gladly ignore. One should remember that almost everything we see has an agenda behind it.

@@ginatirenna40 I must use nasal rinses daily. The availability of distilled water for this has become sketchy & it's price, while modest, has gone up exponentially.

@@katiekane5247 Neilmed instructions say you can use previously boiled water. I just leave the extra in the kettle when I make a cup of tea and then it's cool by the time I need it for a rinse.

@@katiekane5247 Yeah, there's another guy in the comments who says he'll never swim in a natural pool again in his life.... but that same person probably drives his car on highways or many other things that are far more dangerous on a daily basis.

I would recommend visiting too and it's not my hometown.....

I'm jealous of both of you. One day one day I'll see aquae sulis with my own eyes lol.

Got any amebas in the brain yet?

Yes my in laws had learned to swim in the bath now closed to the public close to the new millennium spa... Wish I still lived and owned my little house in Fairfield Park ...my heart is in Bath 🌿💚🌿💚

@@wordscaninspire114 that’s where I learnt to swim, sadly a Primark now 🙏 Bath is a special place for sure . Sending blessings your way

And she looks good whilst doing a great job.

No shame in all that is subjective.

I have yet to see one comment about her outfit... You're the only one

Yeah, you’re the only one pointing attention to her dress. Nobody else is. Follow your own advice, Get a Life, stop being the hater.

She looks great. Shame people are bothered by it. Shes a great presenter.

Elf and Safety

It's not that simple as it is n. Fowleri, an amoeba-like protozoa that is found in nearly all sources of warm fresh water and in moist warm soil. It's not a bacteria, and in fact eats bacteria. Usually it's harmless but it can (very rarely) get up the nose when swimming or bathing and make its way to the brain where it will start eating brain tissue. For this to happen, it has to manage to move along the olfactory nerve through a thin barrier to the brain in order to infect it...surviving long enough to do this. To point out how rare this is, over a 10 year period in the US, which is full of many popular warm lakes millions of people swim in during the Summer, 30 cases were reported. Compared to 40,000 drownings during the same time period, you can see how low risk it truly is. There's really no way to kill it off without chlorinating the water like a swimming pool. There's also no reason to do so. It's very rare for this to happen and unfortunate when it does, however it's an overreaction to shut down a specific swimming area for it, because all warm fresh water on the planet that isn't chlorinated is likely to have them. The only thing specific to this Bath is how warm it is might cause higher levels than normal, as they thrive in warmer water than competitor organisms do that eat the same bacteria. People should simply avoid getting water up the nose when in a warm freshwater lake, pond, etc. That's what nose clips are for.

Yeet a load of pool chlorine tablets into it.

there is a new Spa that uses water taken from a new borehole that is not contaminated, it's been open for nearly 20 years.

@@SevCaswell The moment water is exposed to outside air, it begins to be contaminated. Much of the bacteria and protozoa that contaminate water are carried from soil by wind. Life is dangerous. People just need to accept that and move on. Use prevention when you can, but otherwise stop worrying about everything.

You can see the underground bits on a regular visit i.e. the original temple courtyard and some small shrines etc as well as the pediment shown in the video. Its strange being underground but there are houses and modern streets above wish they could be cleared away, ,but still

American and Spanish colonists adopted native ways that suited their ends.

Most of the roman citizens that were in britain were northwestern europeans themselves.

Indeed, after expropriating the land and killing anyone who dared to protest.

@Batrick Pateman Hahah damn dude, hate the US or something? Did you seriously suggest people in the future wouldn't know about the USA? Literally the most drastically altering government in human history. The wealthiest, most powerful, by far the most influential (like leagues above Rome even in their own small perspective) yada yada yada. That's absurd. Nah, people of the future will know of both the USA and Rome. And who knows, US could go on a run as great as Rome. We surely are positioned well geographically and economically too.

@Batrick Pateman Thats objectively wrong, Millenia from now, they'll know the USA as the nation and civilization who nuked their own planet. Surely not a good thing to be known for.

I've seen it too, very entertaining series!

What anime? 👀

@@_thathoodwitch Thermae Romae. The dub is actually kinda good to

Derives from greek "keltoi" their name for them they met celtic settlers in anatolia (turkey) such as the Galatians mentioned in the Bible (latin "Galatea", literally "Gauls" as according to the romans their language was indistinguishable from those in Gaul (France))

A little jealous, from Canberra its a feat to get to Britain and see your sites, its in my bucket list.

I visited Bath a few years ago and it was fabulous!

Visited with primary school, 40 + years ago, the teacher never covered any of this information, exceptional footage ,brings back memories..thanks

Bath sucks

@@krisbest6405 I'm from Canberra too and also jealous of the OP, must be something in the water here.

Apparently, he couldn't predict the downfall of Roman civilization....could have fixed things before it happened.

We could club together and buy Alice a jumper, perhaps. 🙄 She doesn't seem to have many clothes!

@@Queen-of-Swords she's rocking that summer dress, good for her!

@@Queen-of-Swords Maybe she's dressed for the weather. A heat wave, perhaps?

I assumed it was hot weather, but she too is hot. A bit funny the other lady has two layers. Its not that hot, alice is showing off!

@@clarkpalace if the other woman is inside cold air conditioning, she may have to wear a sweater - I have to often. Alice looked like she was outside a good bit. And she is easy on the eyes

Isn’t she wonderful?! Pure enthusiasm.

First time for me - only found this with good old YT algorithm! I'm a bit baffled that Alice can read Latin inscription but wasn't aware of the Latin for lead! Unless that was just for the benefit of the museum lady?

Yes she's fine too in a nerdy way

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I am really interested in the History of the roman times, but Alice Loxton could probably read piles of shipping manifests to me and I would listen intently for hours. She´s a really great presenter.

Alice is a disaster.

@@vino140 say the troll

God bless both you and whoever is reading, dont forget Jesus loves you. He died on the cross for our sins and rose three days later. Have an amazing and safe day!!

Imagine that, all those people doing what you were doing.

@@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim Stop it.

You visit after hours and can also do a paranormal activity investigation at the same time. Call out to the spirits present and learn about them.

Always best to visit outside the main tourist season I've visited in november and there was barely anyone there

@@chicktait5544 No, you stop it not everyone gets a private tour the tourist groups go during opening hours it normal.

😁🤣🤣🤣🤣

And she nailed it.

How about Rome?

@@charlesxix, I’ve been to Rome many times, but I wouldn’t want to live there. Florence? Sure. Amalfi coast? Absolutely. But nah on Rome. I don’t even need to go back, if I’m honest. No disrespect to anyone who loves it, but it’s just not for me.

@@charlesxix, but did you mean to visit? If you have a chance to visit, you should. So much history to see, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved The Vatican- just make sure you wear pants or long capris/skirt that covers your knees and have a cover for your shoulders. One of the times I was there I was denied because I was wearing shorts. It was ok because I’d already seen it, but it was a little bummer.

@@YoYoRaeRae Hi, yes, visiting not to live there. My wife and I make sure we can cover up. We saw lots of young people getting refused access to St Peter's and the Vatican.

I'd live there too if I could, Bath is my favourite city in the UK.

Grumio hung around in the kitchen, Caecillius was usually in the forum. I loved the Cambridge Latin Course.

Cleanliness of NZ baths not top in my experience. Stay away from Rotorua pools.

There is a modern spa complex, it is rather pricey.

A lot of Britains water pipes are still lead. Once the lead is furred up by deposites it becomes safe. Its only fresh clean lead that leaches toxins into the water. I think Lucy Worsleys if rooms could talk-the bathroom,goes into plumbing in detail.

Yeah, Benjamin Franklin is supposed to have commented on the stupidity of knowing lead is extremely toxic and basically ignoring the fact. And that was back in 1786! OR.... Maybe that one death was the sensational event local officials needed to convince people to shut down a dangerous tourist attraction without being run out of town by the folks making money off the unfortunately ignorant despite knowing the danger.

Lead poisoning requires prolonged exposure. The amoeba can strike anyone even the first time you ingest water.

That occurred to me, also. And it had been invented in what would become Korea around 5000 BCE so we wouldn’t have to wait till the mid-19th century for it to make its appearance in Europe.

Come to visit Rome and you will have a museum in plain air. In the Center City you will go visit the TRAIANEAN MARKETS, the Ancient Romans MALL built on 5 floors where you will find any sort of shop really similar to those jn Ostia Antica, but just in the cire if the vity, at a jump from the local modern turistic bar for ☕🍸 restaurants🍝🍕🥩🥗and shops🫖🏺🧸🎯👗🩱👔🧣👠👞📿💄👢⌚💍👒📚📜

The castles and Churches here also hold history ....But the best is the views we have in the countryside .

We are very fortunate to have so much history, and so many interesting historical places still available to see. Best wishes.

@@stefaniamirri1112 I would like to visit Rome ,it must be an amazing city. I have visited other places in Italy. I love your country but sadly now I can't afford to anymore.

@@stefaniamirri1112 I love Ostia Antica. So much to see and it never seems to get too crowded.

After time lead pipes build up a film on the inside that protects against the metal

@@joenuts5167 The pH of the water can change and release the lead into the water that’s why it’s a federal law to test for it

As Joe Nuts has posted, the lead exposure lessens after the pipe develops a film. The real issue with lead pipe is warer chemistry changes. If the source water changes its chemistry then the pipe flora can be injured or killed off which allows lead to leech into the water. The Flint Michigan water issue was largely due to the water utility changing its source water which had different chemistry. Thats not to say lead pipes are great.

@@interestedobserver587 I believe the city of LA has a huge amount of wet pipes but the cost to replace them would be astronomical so as long as the lead doesn’t leach from pipes they’re not pressing the issue I believe they do lead tests to make sure it’s not leaching in the water

@@interestedobserver587 They used to use lead pipes here until what, 70 years ago? I remember living in an old house as a kid that had lead pipes and I remember seeing them in old buildings in washrooms etc. Its only an issue with hot water but not cold or is it the other way around? I can't remember.

There’s videos of people jumping in the pool

@@handsoffmycactus2958 not great as it’s a bit slime filled. The Abby now has plans to be heated from the hot spring this could save a lot in heating bills.

I live hear Bath and know Colerne fairly well... I've found a few roman coins on the hills around Bath. Beautiful city. Wasn't aware of the fate of Colerne barracks though 😒

@@meme4one i was born in Bath and have lived in colerne for the last 25 years. It is a massive shame about the barracks, it used to be such an active airfield when I was a boy too. We used to have air show days and regulary have hercules and chinooks flying in. I miss it. If they do go ahead with the housing ( I know it got turned down in a vote by the colerne population but wouldn't be surprised if it goes ahead with a few backhanders ) it will be interesting to see what else they uncover once building starts

@Wallace Carney Sad to hear.

@@Jonofry93 Hopefully enough to stop the project for a very long time. This is not a brown field!

Yes - cauldron does come from the Latin root. In Spanish a pot or a boiler is called a ‘caldera’ with calor (hot) taken from the Latin root Calus…. I think

@@djslybacon thank you for your explanation

They haven't closed the baths, just not allowed to swim in the water. However, Across the road from the baths is the thermae bath spa. It's an amazing complex of baths, saunas and steam baths. Worth a visit

Next time u visit go up the hills surrounding the city the views are beautiful

The waters are hot you can feel the heat coming from them and in colder weather theres a fair bit of steam coming off the water