Fosse Way
Fosse Way is the name of a Roman road in England that formerly connected Isca Dumnoniorum ( Exeter ) via Lindinis ( Ilchester ), Aquae Sulis ( Bath ), Corinium ( Cirencester ) and Ratae Corieltavorum ( Leicester ) with Lindum ( Lincoln ). She crossed a number of other Roman roads, such as " Akeman Street ", " Watling Street " at Venonis south of Leicester and " Ermine Street " at Lindum .
In the first time after the Roman conquest of Britain , the road marked the western border of the empire. The name of the street is derived from the Latin fossa , which means something like digging. This probably refers to a trench used as a border fortification .
The Fosse Way is the only Roman road in Britain that still retains its ancient Roman name. Other streets were renamed by the Anglo-Saxons in later centuries .
Many parts of the Fosse Way still exist as sections of modern roads.
