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rubicon
Rubicon (Rubicō, Italian: Rubicone) is a 29 km long river in northern Italy. The river flows from the Apennine Mountains to the Ariatic Sea through the southern Emilia-Romagna region between the towns of Rimini and Cesena.
Trivia about rubicon
Julius declared "The die is cast" & crossed this river, provoking the Roman Civil War
A famous crossing of this river took place in 49 B.C.
Ancient stream that Caesar was forbidden to cross
In the palace swimming pool Julius might have practiced crossing this river & declaring "The die is cast"
A 49 B.C. crossing of this river gave rise to a cliche
In 1774 John Adams said, "I have passed" this Italian river; "swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country"
Proverbially, when you cross this Italian river, you've taken an irrevocable step
Italian river that made Caesar cross
Plutarch said that Julius Caesar quoted the ancient proverb "the die is cast" as he crossed this river
This river was the ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul & Italy