Rubeæ, the north cape at the north of Scandinavia.
Rubellius Blandus, a man who married Julia the daughter of Drusus, &c.——One of the descendants of Augustus, treacherously put to death by Nero, &c. Tacitus.——Plautus, an illustrious Roman who disgraced himself by his arrogance and ambitious views. Juvenal, satire 8, li. 39.
Rubi, now Ruvo, a town of Apulia, from which the epithet Rubeus is derived, applied to bramble bushes which grew there. The inhabitants were called Rubitini. Horace, bk. 1, satire 5, li. 94.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 1, li. 266.
Rubĭcon, now Rugone, a small river of Italy, which it separates from Cisalpine Gaul. It rises in the Apennine mountains, and falls into the Adriatic sea. By crossing it, and thus transgressing the boundaries of his province, Julius Cæsar declared war against the senate and Pompey, and began the civil wars. Lucan, bk. 1, lis. 185 & 213.—Strabo, bk. 5.—Suetonius, Cæsar, ch. 32.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 15.
Rubiēnus Lappa, a tragic poet in the age of Juvenal, conspicuous as much for his great genius as his poverty. Juvenal, satire 7, li. 72.
Rubīgo, a goddess. See: [Robigo].
Rubo, the Dwina, a river which falls into the Baltic at Riga.
Rubra saxa, a place of Etruria, near Veii, at the distance of above eight miles from Rome. Martial, bk. 4, ltr. 64, li. 15.—Livy, bk. 3, ch. 49.
Rubria lex, was enacted after the taking of Carthage, to make an equal division of the lands in Africa.
Rubrius, a Roman knight accused of treason under Tiberius, &c. Tacitus.——A man who fled to Parthia on suspicion that the Roman affairs were ruined.——A friend of Vitellius.——An obscure Gaul in great favour with Domitian. Juvenal, satire 4, li. 145.——An officer in Cæsar’s army.