Julius Caesar’s march into Italy and the Roman civil war.
Lyrics of Crossing the Rubicon by Sabaton
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Historical background
After his campaigns in Gaul, Caesar faced political rivals in Rome who wanted him to give up his command. In 49 BCE he took troops across the Rubicon, the boundary between his province and Italy.
Taking an army across that boundary made an armed showdown unavoidable. Caesar’s victory over Pompey and his allies cleared the way for his dictatorship, and “crossing the Rubicon” became a phrase for an irreversible decision.
