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| Rubricaire | |
|---|---|
 View of the fort | |
| Known also as | Robrica Villa Rupiacus, Rochard Château de Rubricaire |
| Type | vicus balneum |
| Abandoned | 3rd century CE |
| Attested by | Antoine Margerie M. Gérault |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Gaul |
| Nearby water | Le Châtelier spring |
| Directly connected to | Tabula Peutingeriana |
| Location | |
| State | Mayenne |
| Country | France |
| Site notes | |
| Coins found | Herbert I, Count of Maine (Wake-Dog) |
| Discovery year | 1890 1903 |
| Archaeologists | Alphonse-Victor Angot A. Grenier |
The Roman waystation of Rubricaire in eastern Gaul, was the first core of a series of successive settlements that came into being at the foot of Mont Rochard,[1] is better known through its ruins than through historical texts. Also known as the château de Rubricaire, it was the seat of Sainte-Gemmes-le-Robert, in the canton of Évron in (Mayenne), 11 kilometers as the bird flies[2] from, and within sight of, the Jublains archeological site in Mayenne, chief settlement of the Aulerci Diablintes.
Rubricaire has elements of Roman origin: the road, scattered habitations and baths. It is known through a 2nd-century map, recopied in the 11th century.
The Gallo-Roman camp and the balneum of Rubricaire were declared monuments historiques in 1917.[3]
- ^ Les agglomérations de la province de Lyonnaise Troisième (Bretagne et Pays de la Loire): entre abandon, perduration et nouvelles créations (iiie-vie s. apr. J.-C.) (The towns of the province of Lugdunensis Tertia (Bretagne and Pays de la Loire): between abandonment, perduration and new foundations (3rd-6th c. AD)) Martial Monteil p. 15-37 https://doi.org/10.4000/gallia.2329
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
sl2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Base Mérimée: Camp gallo-romain et balneum de Rubricaire, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)