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The Fosse Way, a major ancient Roman road in Britain that runs diagonally from Exeter in the southwest to Lincoln in the northeast.... Romans laid out this 182 mile road in an almost perfectly straight line. Shortly after invading Britain in AD 43, Roman surveyors charted a remarkably direct route across the landscape. What makes it extraordinary is its precision: along the 182 mile stretch between Lincoln and Ilchester, the road never strays more than six miles from a perfectly straight line, cutting through Leicester, Cirencester, and Bath while steadily forging across hills and rivers. Taking its name from fossa, the Latin word for ditch, the road was used as the frontier marker of Roman territory during the early decades of the occupation. Incredible. Beyond this line lay untamed lands outside Rome’s control. Today, much of this ancient highway remains beneath modern asphalt. Major routes like the A46 (Lincoln to Leicester), the A429 (into Cirencester), and the A37 (towards Ilchester) follow its exact path—meaning if you've traveled near Newark, Stow, or Shepton Mallet, you’ve likely driven along a 2,000-year-old Roman road without realizing it. #drthehistories