Aquae Calidae

AQUAE CA´LIDAE The position of this place is marked in the Theodosian Table by its being on the road between Augustonemetum (Clermont) in the Auvergne and Rodumna (Rouanne). The distance from Augustonemetum to Aquae Calidae is not given; but there is no doubt that Aquae Calidae is Vichy on the Allier, a place now frequented for its mineral waters.

D'Anville (Notice, &c.) remarks, that De Valois confounds the Aquae Calidae with the Calentes Aquae mentioned by Sidonius Apollinaris, which are Chaudes-aigues (hot-waters) in the department of Cantal. The whole of the mountain region of the Auvergne abounds in mineral waters.

AQUAE CA´LIDAE (Ὕδατα Θερμὰ Κολωνία, Ptol. : Hammane Meriga, large Ru. and hot springs), in Mauretania Caesariensis, almost due S. of Caesarea, at the distance of 25 M. P. It was important, not only for its hot springs, but for its commanding the pass of the Lesser Atlas, from Caesarea, and other cities on the coast, to the valley of the Chinalaph. This explains its having acquired the rank of a colony in the time of Ptolemy, while in the Antonine Itinerary it is called simply Aquae. Its ruins are fully described by Shaw (p. 64, 1st ed.).

AQUAE CA´LIDAE (Hammam Gurbos, with hot springs), in Zeugitana, on the gulf of Carthage, directly opposite to the city: probably identical with CARPIS(Liv. 30.24; Tab. Peut., ad Aquas; Shaw, p. 157, or p. 87, 2nd ed.; Barth, Wander-ungen, &c. p. 128.) There are also hot springs at Hamman l'Enf, near the bottom of the Gulf, which may be those mentioned by Strabo as near Tunes (17. p. 834).

AQUAE CA´LIDAE in Britain. [AQUAE SOLIS]