Rubricaire
| 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, the first core of a series of successive settlements that came into being at the foot of Mont Rochard, 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 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.