Statue of Caesar in Paris.
Posted on 01/10/2018 6:52:04 AM PST by harpygoddess
Today is the anniversary of the day in 49 B.C. when Julius Caesar - noting, Iacta alea esto ("The die is cast") - crossed the Rubicon River with his legions to march on Rome in defiance of both the Senate and Roman law, which forbade any general from crossing the Rubicon and entering Italy proper with a standing army. To do so was treason. This tiny stream would reveal Caesar's intentions and mark the point of no return.
Born around 100 B.C. into one of the oldest patrician families of the republic, Caesar began his political career as a member of the popular party in 78 B.C., at first supported Pompey in his grasp for power, and served as governor of Spain.
In 63, as Pontifex Maximus (essentially the high priest of the Roman government), he was responsible for the institution of the Julian calendar and in 60 organized the coalition known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey and Crassus, to rule the city. He fully established his military reputation in the Gallic Wars from 58 to 49 B.C., but with the demise of the triumvirate, civil war loomed, and Caesar "crossed the Rubicon" to join the struggle for power.
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~ Caesar (Commentaerii de bello civili, II, 27)
(What we desire we readily believe, and what we ourselves think we expect others to think.)
The American people too crossed it’s own Rubicon by electing outsider Donald Trump as president in November 2016...
Experience is the teacher of all things...... Julius Caesar
I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth...... Julius Caesar
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Only our river is named Potomac................
Trump crossed the Rubicon to drain the swamp.
Statue of Caesar in Paris.
He didn’t make it passed March 15th - The Senate didn’t like his management style.
Only our river is named Potomac................
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The only river? What happened? Did the US shrink?
Guess which language Spanish derived from ...
Not ‘Our ONLY’, ‘Only our’.................
LOL!
You, Sir have just won the internet.
And? My point still applies.
Rome had lots of rivers too. The fuss starts when one in particular gets crossed.
That particular one was the southern boundary of the province of Gaul. Had to mark it somewhere....
Wow! That’s it, huh? I must say, I’m somewhat underwhelmed.
What Caesar did was use his army to overthrow the Roman republic.
The Donald is trying to save the American republic.
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