Stratton-on-the-Fosse Stratton-on-the-Fosse Stratton-on-the-Fosse is a village and civil parish located on the edge of the Mendip Hills, south-west of Westfield, north-east of Shepton Mallet, and from Frome, in Somerset, England. It has a population of 1,108, and has a rural agricultural landscape, although it was part of the once-thriving Somerset coalfield. Within the boundaries of the parish are the hamlets of Benter and Nettlebridge. Stratton-on-the-Fosse straddles the Fosse Way, an ancient Roman road which linked the cities of Lincoln and Exeter. It lies between the parish of Westfield, Somerset and the village of Oakhill. St Vigor and St John Church of
Sebastião (given name) Sebastião (given name) Sebastião is a Portuguese male given name, descending from the Latin Sebastianus and equivalent to the English name Sebastian. Originally it was a Title given a band of soldiers charged with the guarding of Herod The Great, This troop was sent to aid Julius Ceasar who was besieged in Alexandria by Egyptian forces loyal to Pharoh the co-ruler of Egypt with Cleopatra. It was this rescue which promted Ceasar his Title of Sebaste or the revered ones on them. From this point 'the men of sebaste' became an integrated part of Roman forces stationed in the Levant