Although we often use the phrase "crossing the Rubicon" as a shorthand means of indicating an action that cannot be undone, few can locate this river on a map. Now 2,066 years after the event, we must ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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 of Gaul and Italy ...

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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 ...