Category: Julius Caesar
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Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in Northern Italy and set off a civil war in the Roman Republic. January 10, 49 BCE.
Image: Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon. On this day in history, January 10, 49 BCE, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in Northern Italy and set off a civil war in the Roman Republic. There had been many civil wars over the previous century in the Roman Republic, yet the one begun by Julius Caesar…