52BC. GAUL WAS EFFECTIVELY CONQUERED BY GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR. THE ROMANS SUBJUGATED 300 TRIBES AND DESTROYED 800 CITIES.
58BC. CAESAR REWARDED HIS SOLDIERS BY GIVING THEM PLOTS OF LAND ON THE LANGUEDOC PLAIN. THE ROMANS BUILT A STONE BASIN AND BUILDINGS AROUND THE SPRING. THESE FACILITIES WERE A PRECURSOR TO THE SPA THAT WAS EVENTUALLY BUILT AROUND THE SPRING IN THE YEARS TO COME.
MOVING ON TO 1990. AN AQUIFER WAS DISCOVERED AT ORIA, ABRAKA IN NIGERIA'S DELTA REGION. THE DEEP SPRING FROM THE AQUIFER WAS NAMED ASHTON WELLS. THE BRITS, NOT BELIEVING UNTREATED WATER COULD BE THIS CLEAN, TOOK SAMPLES TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHERE IT WAS TESTED AT THE BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL. IMPECCABLE WAS THE RESULT. ASHTON WELLS WAS BORN, WHICH WE HAVE COME TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD, 'COS IT MATTERS WHAT YOU DRINK, STILL OR SPARKLING. |
