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The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter (''Isca Dumnoniorum'') in South West England to Lincoln (''Lindum Colonia'') in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester (''Lindinis''), Bath (''Aquae Sulis''), Cirencester (''Corinium'') and Leicester (''Ratae Corieltauvorum''). It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at ''Venonis'' (High Cross) south of Leicester, and joined Ermine Street at Lincoln. The word ''Fosse'' is derived from the Latin ''fossa'', meaning ''ditch''. For the first few decades, after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the Fosse Way marked the western frontier of Roman rule in Iron Age Britain. It is possible that the road began as a defensive ditch that was later filled in and converted into a road, or possibly a defensive ditch ran alongside the road for at least some of its length. It is remarkable for its extremely direct route: from Lincoln to Ilchester in Somerset, a distance of , it is never more than from a straight line. ==Today's route == Many sections of the Fosse Way form parts of modern roads and lanes, and parish, district or county boundaries. Several place names on the route have the suffix ''-cester'' or ''-chester'', which is from the Latin ''castra'' meaning ''military camp''. Some settlements are named after the road itself, such as ''Fosse-'', or ''-on-Fosse'', while others have a more generic form, such as ''Street'', ''Strete'', ''-le-Street'', ''Stratton'', ''Stretton'', ''Stratford'', and ''Stretford'', from the Latin ''strata'', meaning ''paved road''. The route runs from in Exeter to in Lincoln. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fosse Way」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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