Roman roads in Britannia were initially designed for military use, created by the Roman army during the nearly four centuries (AD 43–410) that Britannia was a province of the Roman Empire.
Roman Britain military infrastructure in 68 AD
A Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle, 3rd century. Dubris was the starting point of Watling Street to London and Wroxeter
The Via Appia, near Rome, the oldest major Roman route in Italy, opened 312 BC
A Roman milestone from St Margarethen, Austria, dedicated in 201 to the Emperor Septimius Severus (ruled 193–212)
The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis (Bath), Corinium (Cirencester), and Ratae Corieltauvorum (Leicester).
The route of the Fosse Way
Roman Britain military infrastructure 68 AD
Fosse Way from the top of Brinklow Castle, Warwickshire
A section of the Fosse Way as a byway north of the M4