High Cross marks the junction of Watling Street and the Fosse Way — arguably the most strategically significant road crossing in Roman Britain. Control of this junction was essential for Roman military operations in the Midlands. During the Boudiccan revolt it lay directly on the route Suetonius Paulinus would have used to concentrate his forces. The Corieltauvi territory surrounding it required periodic pacification actions during the initial conquest period under Ostorius Scapula.
Roman: auxiliary cohort garrison, road patrol detachments
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