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RUBICON

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 808 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RON-SAC
RUBICON , a small stream of ancient
Italy
 , which flowed into the Adriatic between
Ariminum
  and Caesena, and formed the boundary between
Italy
  and the province of Cisalpine Gaul. Hence
Caesar
 's
crossing
  of it in 49 B.C. was tantamount to a declaration of war against Rome as represented by Pompey and the
Senate
 . The historic importance of this event gave rise to the phrase "
crossing
  the Rubicon " for a step which definitely commits a person to a given course of action. There has been much controversy as to the identification of the stream; it appears that its upper course is represented by that of the Pisciatello (called Rubigone in the 11th or
lath
 
century
  and now Rugone or Urgone), and its
lower
  portion by the Fiumicino, which the Urgone once joined. The point was marked by a station on the Via Aemilia below their confluence, 12 M. N.W. of
Ariminum
 , bearing the name ad Confluentes; and here is still preserved a three-arched
bridge
 , larger than is necessary for the water carried by the present Fiumicino.


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