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1. (n.) Rubicon
a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 mi. (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b .c ., Julius Caesar began a civil war.
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1. (noun) Rubicon
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. (noun) Rubicon, point of no return
a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
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1. (noun) rubicon
a small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar
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1. rubicon
a famous river of Italy, associated with Julius Cæsar, now identified with the modern Fiumecino, a mountain torrent which springs out of the eastern flank of the Apennines and enters the Adriatic N. of Ariminum; marked the boundary line between Roman Italy and Cisalpine Gaul, a province administered by Cæsar; when he crossed it in 49 B.C. it was tantamount to a declaration of war against the Republic, hence the expression "to cross the Rubicon" is applied to the decisive step in any adventurous undertaking.
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