Aquae Sulis a major Roman Baths complex associated with an adjoining temple. About 130 messages to Sulis scratched onto lead curse tablets ("defixiones") have been recovered from the Sacred Spring by archaeologists. Most of them were written in Latin, although one discovered was in Brythonic, and usually laid curses upon those whom the writer felt had done them wrong. This collection is the most important found in Britain. The Brythonic curse recovered on a metal pendant is the only sentence in the language that has been discovered. It reads: "Adixoui Deuina Deieda Andagin Uindiorix cuamenai" or maybe "Adixoui Deiana Deieda Andagin Uindiorix
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Aphanizomenon flos-aquae is a brackish and freshwater species of cyanobacteria found around the world, including the Baltic Sea and the Great Lakes. "Aphanizomenon flos-aquae" can form dense surface aggregations in freshwater (known as "cyanobacterial blooms"). These blooms occur in areas of high nutrient loading, historical or current. "Aphanizomenon flos-aquae" has both toxic and nontoxic forms. Most sources worldwide are toxic, containing both hepatic and neuroendotoxins. Most cyanobacteria (including "Aphanizomenon") produce BMAA, a neurotoxin amino acid implicated in ALS/Parkinsonism. Toxicity of "A. flos-aquae" has been reported in Canada, Germany and China. "Aphanizomenon flos-aquae" is known to produce endotoxins, the