Caesar crosses the Rubicon
On January 10th, 49 BCE Caesar led a legion across the Rubicon, the small stream that marked the border of Cisalpine Gaul. “The die of cast” he famously said, knowing he was breaking the law. As Caesar approached, Pompey fled Rome despite superiority in numbers. On March 16th Caesar entered Rome unresisted and unarmed.
Source: Durant, Will, The Story of Civilization, Vol. 3: Caesar and Christ, A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325, Simon and Schuster, 1944.
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Full disclosure, I may occasionally borrow a sentence from Will Durant's Story of Civilization. I absolutely love that collection!