
Aix: Aquae Sextiae
In 122 BC, the Roman troops were in need of a location that provided the necessities to maintain their health. The original Roman baths Thermes Sextius were built on the site of the city named Aquae Sextiae named after its founder, Roman consul Sextius Calvinus. The word aquae, from which Aix is derived, means water in Latin, and so the...