AQUAE, a name given by the Romans to sites where mineral springs issued from the earth (Lat. for "waters."). Over ioo can be identified, some declaring by their modern names their ancient use: Aix-les-Bains in Savoy (Aquae Sabaudicae), Aix-en Provence (Aquae Sextiae), Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen (Aquae Grani), etc. Only two occur in Britain : Aquae Sulis—less cor rectly Aquae Solis—at Bath (q.v.), in Somerset, which was fa mous, and Buxton (called Aquae simply).