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This Jan. 10, let's take a look back at the alleged deeds of Julius Caesar before and after he started a civil war with his crossing of the Rubicon and question whether the imperator ever really ...
Alessandro tells me that the river, its bridge, its history, and Caesar’s story means more than I could understand. “This crossing has changed the course of history,” he says.
On January 10, 49 B.C., on the banks of the Rubicon River in southern Gaul (near the modern-day city of Ravenna), Julius Caesar and the soldiers of the 13th Legion waited and weighed their options.
CROSSING THE RUBICON. Story by L.C.Norton • 2mo. January 10th, 49 B.C. Cisalpine Gaul. Gaius Julius Caesar is marching southbound to the river Rubicon with an army. He pauses.
Only then did Caesar cross the Rubicon River, entering Italy near Ravenna on January 10, 49 B.C.E. Caesar’s men followed their general, even if it meant civil war against their fellow citizens.
It’s been said that “crossing the Rubicon” means you’ve passed the point of no return. That may have been the case when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in 49 B.C. , but not for me.
This week (Jan. 10 by the Roman calendar) in 49 B.C., Roman proconsul Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River, which marked the boundary between the Roman province ...
Italy (WHTM) — 2073 years later, it’s an idiom that’s still in use. “Crossing the Rubicon” has come to mean taking a course of action from which there is no turning back. It’s an early ...
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