Julius Caesar and his formidable Roman army crossed the Rubicon River in 49 B.C. It was a momentous thing to do. Even today, people describe an important decision or event as “crossing the Rubicon,” ...
Times of San Diego: Opinion: Stop comparing Trump’s lawbreaking to Caesar crossing the Rubicon
On January 10, 49 B.C.E., General Julius Caesar entered Roman territory by crossing the Rubicon, a stream in what is now Northern Italy. In crossing the Rubicon, Caesar began a civil war that signaled ...
President Trump signs an executive order. (Image from White House video) Commentators love to compare Donald Trump’s norm-breaking ways to Julius Caesar’s momentous decision to “cross the Rubicon” in ...
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his army the big developing story was the Roman Republic’s impending Civil War pitting Caesar against the country’s Senate and Pompey the Great, but the ...
Democracy Now: No Kings, No Caesar: Trump, Deploying the Military to Suppress Dissent, Crosses the Rubicon
No Kings, No Caesar: Trump, Deploying the Military to Suppress Dissent, Crosses the Rubicon
Property boundaries have great significance in law and life. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the boundary between Gaul and Italy in violation of Roman law, and nothing was the same for him ...
Gaius Julius Caesar[a] (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.