![]() Once someone crosses the River Rubicon, he's in Roman territory. At this time the northernmost border of the Roman territory in Italy is the River Rubicon. He cannot simply 'go native' and stay in Gaul, and he does realise that if he goes back to Rome, he would be killed. For a Roman patrician like Julius Caesar there is no life without military service there is no life without service to the state. He knows that if he marches on Rome with his armies, then he is a public enemy, and that he will either have to win, or die. We know from that Caesar is not taking this lightly. ![]() ![]() ![]() The historian Frances Titchener has given a stylized description of the context of Caesar's pronouncement:
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