Isurium Brigantum

Isurium or Isurium of the Brigantes (Latin: Isurium Brigantum) was a Roman fort and town in the province of Britannia at the site of present-day Aldborough in North Yorkshire, England [1]. The Roman road through the town formed a leg of both Dere Street—connecting Eboracum (York) to the Antonine Wall—and the Roman equivalent of Watling Street, which here connected Eboracum with Luguvalium (Carlisle) [1]. Isurium Brigantum, one of the northernmost urban centres of the Roman Empire was probably founded in the late first century or early second century [1]. The Roman civitas was the administrative centre of the Brigantes tribe, the largest and most northerly tribe in Roman Britain [1]. In 2011, geomagnetic scanning revealed the existence of an amphitheatre, emphasising Isurium's importance as a major Roman town [1]. Aldborough Roman Site is in the care of English Heritage and consists of a stretch of the massive town wall with its defensive towers and two in-situ mosaic pavements, once part of a Roman townhouse [1].