In 49 B.C. on the banks of the Rubicon, Julius Caesar faced a critical choice. To remain in Gaul meant forfeiting his power to his enemies in Rome. Crossing the river into Italy would be a ...

Commentators love to compare Donald Trump’s norm-breaking ways to Julius Caesar’s momentous decision to “cross the Rubicon” in 49 B.C.E. By leading his troops over the Rubicon River and ...

In January, 49 BC, he led his troops across the Rubicon River into Italy and started civil war. Caesar scored some early victories and, by 46 BC, was dictator of Rome. After a year spent ...

In January of 49 BC, over 700 years after the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar and his legions stand at the Rubicon, a narrow stream separating Italy from the Roman province of Gaul. At Caesar’s ...

Forty-nine years before Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem, Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy.

When he was 20 years old, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and began the series of bloody civil wars that would last, on and off, for another 20 years. Virgil hated the instability. The wars ...