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The Rubicon (Latin: Rubico; Italian: Rubicone [rubiˈkoːne]; [1] Romagnol: Rubicôn [rubiˈkoːŋ]) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Cesena and north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC.
In the course of centuries Rome grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a vast empire that ultimately embraced England, all of continental Europe west of the Rhine and south of the Danube, most of Asia west of the Euphrates, northern Africa, and the islands of the Mediterranean.
The Rubicon river in Italy was witness to one of the most significant events in ancient history, when Julius Caesar crossed it with his legions, bringing about civil war in ancient Rome and leading to the end of the Roman Republic.
5 paź 2023 · Map: Rubicon River. As can be seen in the map above, the Rubicon River flows just north of Rimini in the region Emilia-Romagna, from the Apennines and into the Adriatic Sea. Back in the days of the Roman Empire, this area marked the entry from Cisalpine Gaul into Italy.
3 gru 2023 · The Rubicon River served as an important natural boundary between Northern Italy, and the Italian Peninsula. In ancient times, it was seen as the division between Italy, Southern Italy and the Cisalpine Gauls.
Rubicon (Rubicō) is a small river in northern Italy; it flows from the Northern Apennines into the Adriatic Sea, into which it flows south of Gatteo; in the time of the Roman Republic it was the border between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul.
24 sty 2024 · A map illustrating the last years of the Roman Republic and the chronology and landscape of the four-year-long Civil War (49 - 45 BCE) that started with Julius Caesar crossing the river Rubicon into Italy and ended on the plains outside Munda in southern Spain, the last stand of Pompey’s supporters.
