Isca Dumnoniorum of the legion at Exeter is supported by the discovery of a dolphin antefix (roof fitting) from levels within the military bathhouse dated to about 60. The antefix appears to have been created from the same mould as an example from the legionary fortress at Caerleon—where the legion is known to have been stationed from around 75. (The legion had previously suffered a defeat to the Silures of southern Wales in the year 52.) The legions of Britain were rearranged after Suetonius Paulinus's victory against the Boudiccan rebellion. There was a small subsidiary fort at Topsham. A supply depot along
Limes Britannicus was established in "Isca Dumnoniorum". This was abandoned about 75 AD and the place was elevated into the "civitas" of the Dumnonii. The city of Lincoln was initially the headquarters of the "Legio IX Hispana" and, at the end of the reign of Domitian, was elevated to a "Colonia". It lay on the river Witham, another important communication route. Near the town there was probably a bridge across the river. "Ermine Street" linked London ("Londinium") with the legion camp of York ("Eburacum"). In addition, one of Roman Britain’s main roads, the "Fosse Way", which ran from the west from the