All hail Bladud! Founder of, er... maybe not
The niche overlooking the King's Bath contains a statue of Bladud, the mythical founder of Bath, erected in the seventeenth century (or possibly earlier). The inscription below the statue reads:
BLADUD SON OF LUDHUDIBRAS | EIGHTH KING OF THE BRITANS | FROM BRUTE, A GREAT PHILOSOPHER | AND MATHEMATICIAN BRED AT | ATHENS AND RECORDED THE FIRST | DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF | THESE BATHS EIGHT HUNDRED | SIXTY THREE YEARS BEFORE | CHRIST. THAT IS TWO THOUSAND | FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO YEARS | TO THE PRESENT YEAR 1699
[don't believe a word of it, including the year - it's a load of baloney]
The arch shown here was part of the second-century spring building.
All hail Bladud! Founder of, er... maybe not
The niche overlooking the King's Bath contains a statue of Bladud, the mythical founder of Bath, erected in the seventeenth century (or possibly earlier). The inscription below the statue reads:
BLADUD SON OF LUDHUDIBRAS | EIGHTH KING OF THE BRITANS | FROM BRUTE, A GREAT PHILOSOPHER | AND MATHEMATICIAN BRED AT | ATHENS AND RECORDED THE FIRST | DISCOVERER AND FOUNDER OF | THESE BATHS EIGHT HUNDRED | SIXTY THREE YEARS BEFORE | CHRIST. THAT IS TWO THOUSAND | FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY TWO YEARS | TO THE PRESENT YEAR 1699
[don't believe a word of it, including the year - it's a load of baloney]
The arch shown here was part of the second-century spring building.