It linked Exeter ( Isca Dumnoniorum ) in South West England to Lincoln ( Lindum Colonia ) in the East Midlands . The road went via Ilchester ( Lindinis ) , Bath ( Aquae Sulis ) , Cirencester ( Corinium ) and Leicester ( Ratae Corieltauvorum ) . The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter ( Isca Dumnoniorum ) in South West England to Lincoln ( Lindum Colonia ) in the East Midlands , via Ilchester ( Lindinis ) , Bath ( Aquae Sulis ) , Cirencester ( Corinium ) and Leicester ( Ratae Corieltauvorum ) .