Difference between revisions of "Rubicon"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_169309" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_169309" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to [[Julius]] Caesar. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79069" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79069" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:57, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
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.
