Roman roads in Britannia section of Watling Street was begun in the years following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, it may have been known to the Romano-Britons as the "Via Claudia" in honour of Emperor Claudius (r.41-54 AD) who led the military campaign. The only Anglo-Saxon name which might be etymologically linked to an original Roman name is the Fosse Way between Exeter and Lincoln. "Fosse" may derive from "fossa", the Latin word for "ditch". But this is likely to be attributable to a popular, rather than official, Roman name for the route. Generally the Roman roads in Britain have names
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).