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Before deciding to cross this stream, Julius Caesar apparently saw an apparition with a trumpet |
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HISTORICAL DECISIONS |
2024-09-17 |
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Time to cross this stream near Rimini, Italy that got immortalized on Jan. 10, 49 B.C. |
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HISTORIC HISTORY FROM THE PAST |
2018-07-18 |
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The Lex Cornelia Majestatis was the ancient Roman & a Ghostbuster-ish way of saying "Don't cross this stream!" |
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HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II |
2016-04-14 |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) By law, Roman generals couldn't lead forces out of their assigned province; Caesar's 49 B.C. crossing of this stream separating Cisalpine Gaul from Italy acted as a war declaration |
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PRE-'80s HISTORY |
2014-02-03 |
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In 1774 John Adams said, "I have passed" this Italian river; "swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country" |
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REVOLUTIONARY WORDS |
2002-03-12 |
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Caesar said "The die is cast", upon crossing this river |
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE |
1985-12-18 |
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