The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

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 ...

Roman general Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river Rubicon—the waterway separating Gaul (modern-day France) and Italy. They marched on Rome, ignited a civil war, overthrew the Roman ...

On Jan. 10, 49 B.C., Julius Caesar marched across the Rubicon river into Italy ... outrage and sharpened the divides that would lead Rome to autocracy in the coming decades, a risk the United ...

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 ...

“Julius Caesar, when he decides he wants to be emperor of Rome, that’s when he makes the decision to cross the Rubicon River and then it’s under the sword like from here on, it’s fight and ...