Look up: Rubicon

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   Rubicon
   Rubicon is a township in Greene County Illinois, USA Rubicon is a town in Dodge County Wisconsin, USA Rubicon is a township in Huron County Michigan, USA
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   Rubicon
   [n] - the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul 2. [n] - a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
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   Rubicon
   Ancient name of the small river flowing into the Adriatic that, under the Roman Republic, marked the boundary between Italy proper and Cisalpine Gaul. When Caesar led his army across it 49 BC, he...
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   Rubicon
   Ru'bi·con noun (Anc. geog.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Cæsar. » 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 si ...
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   rubicon
   <geography> A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar. ... By leading an army across this river, contrary to the prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Caesar precipitated the civil war which resulted in the death of Pompey and the overthrow of the senate; hence, the phrase to pass or ...
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   Rubicon
   point of no return noun a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
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   Rubicon
   noun the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar`s crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
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   Rubicon
   `Rubicon` (`RubicÅÂ?`, Italian: `Rubicone`) is a 29km long river in northern Italy. The river flows from the Appennines to the Adriatic sea through the southern Emilia-Romagna region between the towns of Rimini and Cesena. `Crossing the Rubicon` is a popular idiom meaning to go past a point of no return; the river was a Roman boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy. Julius Caesar crossed the river in 49 BC deliberately as an act of war. Histor...
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   Rubicon
   • (n.) A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar.
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    Rubicon
    small stream that separated Cisalpine Gaul from Italy in the era of the Roman Republic. The movement of Julius Caesar`s forces over the Rubicon into ... [2 related articles]
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    Rubicon
    Rubicon (rOO'bikon) , Lat. Rubico, small stream that flows into the Adriatic and in Roman times marked the boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and ancient Italy. In 49 B.C., after some hesitation, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon to march against Pompey in defiance of the senate's orders. He thus c...
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