Sulis to various Indo-European words for "sun" (cf. Homeric Greek ηέλιος, Sanskrit "sūryah" "sun", from Proto-Indo-European "*suhlio-"). Sulis was the local goddess of the thermal springs that still feed the spa baths at Bath, which the Romans called "Aquae Sulis" ("the waters of Sulis"). Her name primarily appears on inscriptions discovered at Bath, with only a single instance outside of Britain at Alzey, Germany. This is not surprising, as Celtic deities often preserved their archaic localisation. They remained to the end associated with a specific place, often a cleft in the earth, a spring, pool or well. The Greeks referred to
The Skystone From there he leaves for Aquae Sulis, where Britannicus owns a villa. On the road to Aquae Sulis, Varrus encounters several bandits who attempt to murder him. He later, after another assassination attempt, finds out that these men had been hired by the Senecas. He finally arrives in Aquae Sulis and encounters Britannicus's brother-in-law Quintus Varo. Varo invites Varrus to his villa. At the villa, Varrus meets Caius Britannicus's sister Luceiia. Also while at the villa Varrus encounters a Welsh hunchback Cymric. Varrus demonstrates the African bow which his grandfather had left in his collection of weapons. Luceiia and Varrus