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
Isca Dumnoniorum the line between the Isca fortress and Topsham was excavated at the site on Topsham Road in 2010. Initial dating suggests that it was occupied at the same time as the Isca fortress, –75. The settlement () of Isca Dumnoniorum seems to have developed around the Roman fortress. It is one of the four cities () attributed to the Dumnonii by Claudius Ptolemy in his 2nd-century "Geography" and it served as the tribal capital () of the Dumnonii. It was also listed on the late-2nd century Antonine Itinerary, where it forms the southern terminus of route 15 () on the