Fosse Way
After the Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century AD they quickly established control over the southeast corner of the island, but for at least a couple of decades they did not advance north and west in an attempt to subdue the rest of the island. Two legionary fortresses were established; one in Exeter in the southwest corner of the territory, one at Lincoln in the northeast, and a road, now known as the Fosse Way, established between the two to help control the border. The Fosse Way crossed the Soar close to the site of the Iron Age settlement.
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