Roman conquest of Britain Claudius returned to Rome to celebrate his victory. Caratacus escaped and would continue the resistance further west. Vespasian took a force westwards subduing tribes and capturing "oppida" as he went, going at least as far as Exeter, which would appear to have become an early base for Leg. II Augusta. Legio IX Hispana was sent north towards Lincoln () and within four years of the invasion it is likely that an area south of a line from the Humber to the Severn Estuary was under Roman control. That this line is followed by the Roman road of the Fosse Way
Lincoln Links "Treeplanters" (1907), "Railsplitters" (1908–13) and "Tigers" (1914–16). During this time, team nicknames were often unofficially assigned by sportswriters, and "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball", published by Baseball America in 2007, lists other nicknames for the Lincoln franchise of the time, including "Greenbackers" and "Antelopes." Adopted in 1917, "Links" was the most widely used of the several nicknames associated with Lincoln teams during the 20th century. They played home games at Antelope Park (through 1917) and Landis Field (after 1922) and won Nebraska State League championships in 1923 (under manager O.A. Beltzer), and 1934 (under Cy Lingle and Pug Griffin).