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The Rubicon (Rubico)

In 49 BCE Caesar led his army across the Rubicon, the stream that marked the edge of his province. That march began the civil war.

Grades 6–8. History.

How it connects

To cross the Rubicon still means to take a step that cannot be undone.

Latin words that go with this card: flumen, dux.

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