Isurium Brigantum

Isurium Brigantum was a Roman town in Britain at the location of today's Aldborough in North Yorkshire. It was the capital of the civitas of the Brigantes.

The emergence of the Roman town is uncertain, but is believed that there was a military camp in their place in the second half of the 1st century AD. At that time there was in any case a village where there were even stone. Under Hadrian it came to the city's founding after the whole region had arrived and pacified under full Roman control.

The 22.3 acres of relatively small city got a plan at right angles intersecting streets and at an unknown time a city wall with probably four goals. These city walls were renovated in the 4th century AD.

Since the ancient city is built over by modern, little is known of the actual building. In the center of the Forum is suspected, but could not yet be identified with absolute certainty. After all, the remains of a 82 meter long wall were brought to light in the center of the city in 1770, which might belong to a forum. To the west of the city, right on the city wall, there was a spa. It is unclear whether it belonged to a private house, a public bath or a mansio. At various points of the city residential buildings could be cut in excavations. These were partially equipped with mosaics and hypocaust and occupy a superior standard of living. Just outside the city walls, in the north was 1.8 meters large basin found a 2.7 ×, similar structures were on the east and the west gate of the apparent. Perhaps there are cisterns, where it is unclear where they got the water.

About the end of the Roman city in the 5th century AD, is as good as nothing is known.