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Isurium
Isurium or Isurium of the Brigantes () was a ancient Romans, Roman castra, fort and vicus, town in the Roman province, province of Britannia at the site of present-day Aldborough, North Yorkshire, Aldborough in North Yorkshire, England, in the United Kingdom. Its remains—the Aldborough Roman Site—are in the care of English Heritage. The Roman roads in Britain, 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, Cumbria, Carlisle). The modern village retains part of the Roman street plan and the church stands on the site of the forum. History Isurium Brigantum, one of the northernmost urban centres of the Roman Empire was probably founded in the late first century or early second century. The Roman civitas was the administrative centre of the Brigantes tribe, the largest and most northerly tribe in Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldborough, North Yorkshire
Aldborough is a village in the civil parish of Boroughbridge, to the north-east of Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Aldborough was built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum. The Brigantes, the most populous Celtic tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, used the settlement as a capital. Isurium may also have been the base of the Roman Legio VIIII Hispana. Archaeology Aldborough was built on the site of a major Roman town, '' Isurium Brigantum'', which marked the crossing of the River Ure by Dere Street, the Roman Road from York north to the Antonine Wall via Corbridge and Hadrian's Wall. Isurium Brigantum, after AD160, was the administrative centre of the Brigantes (and around about the centre of two ridings and York's land that the Brigantes originally covered), the most populous British tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation. Traces of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
