Aldborough: Exploring a buried Roman town
Martin Millett

• Monday 12 June 2017, 6.30PM to 7.20pm
• Free admission
  Booking required
• K/133, King's Manor, Exhibition Square (map)
• No wheelchair access

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Beneath the picturesque North Yorkshire village of Aldborough, lie buried the remains of a major Roman town. Isurium Brigantum was once the capital of the tribe of the Brigantes who occupied much of northern Britain.  Excavations in the 19th century revealed elements of its plan and a number of impressive mosaics, but our understanding of it has remained limited because of the later village. 

Join Martin Millett of the University of Cambridge as he explains how archaeologists have used a range of survey methods to map the buried remains since 2009, providing exciting new insights into the site’s history. Find out more about the methods used, the results and their implications for our understanding of the Roman North.

About the speaker

Martin Millett is an archaeologist who has worked extensively in Britain, Spain, Portugal and Italy. He is interested the impact of Roman imperialism on indigenous societies and economies of societies. Martin is Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow with Fitzwilliam College Cambridge.

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