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.

The outrage that followed set the stage for the civil wars that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the birth of the ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned ... In January, 49 BC, he led his troops across the Rubicon River into Italy and started civil war.

It comes from the crossing of the river Rubicon by Julius Caesar in early January 49 BC which precipitated Caesar’s civil war, and ultimately led to Caesar’s becoming dictator for life.

In ancient Rome, crossing the Rubicon River with an army was kind ... In "The Life of the Deified Julius," Suetonius writes that Caesar quoted an Athenian playwright as he crossed the river ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned ... In January, 49 BC, he led his troops across the Rubicon River into Italy and started civil war.