🏛️ Autricum-Durocasses
Roman settlement ruins in Normandy
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Évreux, Eure department, Normandy, France
- Period: 1st–3rd century CE
- Status: Archaeological site with partial excavations and interpretive remains
- Access: Limited; largely unexcavated and privately or municipally managed
Autricum-Durocasses was a Gallo-Roman settlement and administrative centre established during the Roman occupation of Gaul. Located in what is now Normandy, the site represents the merger or coexistence of two communities—Autricum (likely an Aedui settlement) and Durocasses (the local Gaulish tribe). Archaeological evidence indicates occupation from the 1st through 3rd centuries CE, with the site serving as a regional hub for trade, administration, and cultural exchange ...