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A famous river of Italy, associated with Julius Cæsar, now identified with the modern Fiumecino, a mountain torrent which springs out of the eastern flank of the Apennines and enters the Adriatic N. of Ariminum; marked the boundary line between Roman Italy and Cisalpine Gaul, a province administered by Cæsar; when he crossed it in 49 B.C. it was tantamount to a declaration of war against the Republic, hence the expression "to cross the Rubicon" is applied to the decisive step in any adventurous undertaking.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rubicon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rubicon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rubicon'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rubicon.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
