In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced a critical choice. To remain in Gaul meant forfeiting his power to his enemies in Rome. Crossing the river into Italy would be a ...

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 ... he led his troops across the Rubicon River into Italy and started civil war. Caesar scored some early victories and, by 46 BC, was dictator ...

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