On January 10, 49 B.C. Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River. By formally entering the Roman Empire he knowingly committed treason as it was against the law to cross the river with an army. Since that event, the phrase “Crossing the Rubicon” meant reaching a point of no return. By his actions Caesar ignited a Civil War that signaled the end of the Roman Republic and once again history would pivot around the fall of one of the world’s greatest empires.
America’s Rubicon
America’s Rubicon
America’s Rubicon
On January 10, 49 B.C. Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon River. By formally entering the Roman Empire he knowingly committed treason as it was against the law to cross the river with an army. Since that event, the phrase “Crossing the Rubicon” meant reaching a point of no return. By his actions Caesar ignited a Civil War that signaled the end of the Roman Republic and once again history would pivot around the fall of one of the world’s greatest empires.