Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the Second Legion Augusta built a fortress here in about AD 55. The Romans surfaced the earlier trackway with compacted gravel and it became one of the main Roman routes into the city, especially for travellers coming from the North East along the Fosse Way, the Roman road which linked Lincoln to Exeter. Shops and businesses catering to the needs of the travellers and the 6,000 resident Roman soldiers would have sprung up along the street. There would have been mills, markets, warehouses, meeting houses, brothels, metal-working and wood-working. Spring water
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