Roman Bath Discovered in Swiss Spa Town

BADEN, SWITZERLAND—Swissinfo.ch reports that an ancient bath was discovered during a construction project in Baden, a town known to the Romans as Aquae Helveticae for its thermal springs. The Roman-era bath probably fell out of use by the medieval period, when the open-air St. Verena Baths was built at the site and used into the nineteenth century, “We thought we might find the bath here, but it was still a huge surprise when we saw that it was in such good condition,” said arc