Definition of Rubion
Rubicon, 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.
- Wikipedia
Ru"bi*con (?), n. (Anc. geog.)
A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the
province alloted to Julius Cæsar.
&fist; By leading an army across this river, contrary to the
prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Cæsar precipitated
the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow
of the senate; hence, the phrase to pass or cross the
Rubicon signifies to take the decisive step by which one is
committed to a hazardous enterprise from which there is no
retreat.
Ru"bi*con (?), n. (Anc. geog.)
A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the
province alloted to Julius Cæsar.
&fist; By leading an army across this river, contrary to the
prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Cæsar precipitated
the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow
of the senate; hence, the phrase to pass or cross the
Rubicon signifies to take the decisive step by which one is
committed to a hazardous enterprise from which there is no
retreat.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (rivers) An ancient Latin name for a small river in northern Italy which flows into the Adriatic Sea. It marked the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 BC began a civil war.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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