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Rubicon \Ru"bi*con\, prop. n. (Anc. geog.)
A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the
province alloted to Julius Caesar.
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Note: 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 the Rubicon 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.
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n 1: the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul;
Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of
war

2: a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically
results in irrevocable commitment [syn: Rubicon, {point of
no return}]
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