Romans The Romans finally managed to invade Britain in 43 AD but it was another 30 years before they had outposts in the Peak. They soon discovered the thermal waters of Buxton, which they knew as Aquae Arnemetiae. Buxton was the second most important baths in the country after Aquae Sulis (present-day Bath). Buxton’s Roman baths are under the Crescent. In Buxton Museum you can see a collection of coins and bracelets thrown into one of the wells for good luck. At Poole’s Cavern there was a tradition of throwing in bent pins. Poole’s Cavern and Thirst House were centres of the Romano-British bronze making industry - again, you can see some interesting finds in the museum. Here too is perhaps the only Roman gold coin found in Derbyshire. It is an aurea from the reign of the Emperor Trajan and was found in Great Rocks Quarry near Buxton. Read More >> More Pictures Romans and other invaders