Chichester to Sidlesham Way
Roman road in England
The Chichester to Sidlesham Way was a Roman road between Noviomagus Reginorum (the ancient tribal centre of the Regni) and what is now Sidlesham, West Sussex.
Background
The Regni were a pro-Roman subtribe of the Atrebates. The Regni had been trading with the Roman Empire before the Roman conquest of Britain, in AD 43. After the conquest the Romans divided the Atrebates into three cantons, with the Regni canton being centred on Noviomagus Reginorum (now Chichester, West Sussex).
The Chichester area provided a good base for the transfer of sea-borne goods and the storing and distributing of supplies to support the Roman conquest of south west Britain.
All over the Roman Empire, roads were carefully planned and laid out to link centres of occupation together.
Route
The Chichester to Sidlesham Way was a minor Roman road designated RR156 under the Ivan Margary system of cataloguing possible Roman roads. Margary divided Roman roads into three categories: Main Routes are given single-digit numbers, Principal Branches two-digit numbers and Minor Branches three digit numbers. The RR156 began at Chichester and terminated at "Streetend" in Sidlesham. The road originally stretched the 4 miles (6.4 km) between its beginning and terminus.
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