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<p>The phrase "<b>crossing the Rubicon</b>" is an <a href="page.php?w=idiom">idiom</a> meaning "passing the <a href="page.php?w=point_of_no_return">point of no return</a>". Its meaning comes from the crossing of the <a href="page.php?w=Rubicon">Rubicon</a> river by <a href="page.php?w=Julius_Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> in January 49 BC at the head of the <a href="page.php?w=Legio_XIII_Gemina">13th Legion</a>. Caesar was not allowed to command an army within Italy proper, and by crossing the river with his forces was <a href="page.php?w=Rebellion">defying law</a></p><p>
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