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
Florence (given name) it was used as an anglicisation of Irish Finnian or Flaithrí. Florence (given name) Florence is a feminine English given name. It is the French version after "Saint Florentia", Roman martyr under Diocletian. It comes from Latin "florens, florentius" "blossoming", verb "floreo", meaning "to flower", in the sense of a blossom. Florence was in olden times also used as a translation of the Latin version Florentius, and may be used in this context as a male given name. A notable Florence was Florence Nightingale, who was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the