Leicester in the Leicester area around AD 47, during their conquest of southern Britain. The Corieltauvian settlement lay near a bridge on the Fosse Way, a Roman road between the legionary camps at Isca (Exeter) and Lindum (Lincoln). It remains unclear whether the Romans fortified and garrisoned the location, but it slowly developed from around the year 50 onwards as the tribal capital of the Corieltauvians under the name Ratae Corieltauvorum. In the 2nd century, it received a forum and bathhouse. In 2013, the discovery of a Roman cemetery found just outside the old city walls and dating back to 300
Southern New England Telecommunications Connecticut. Under threats of a hostile takeover, Southern New England Telephone underwent a restructuring in 1986, creating Southern New England Telecommunications as the holding company of SNET and its related businesses. Southern New England Telecommunications was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998. SNET Corporation was merged into AT&T Teleholdings, formerly Ameritech, in 2006 and ceased to exist. On December 17, 2013, AT&T announced plans to sell the former subsidiaries of SNET, The Southern New England Telephone Company and long distance subsidiary SNET America, to Frontier Communications for $2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of