Rubicon

The Rubicon , Rubico in Latin, is a small river of the North of the Italy, in the area of Emilie-Romagna in the east of the Plaine of the Po, which occurs close to the commune of Sogliano Al Rubicone.

The river had a very particular resonance in the Roman law because no general had the authorization to cross it with an army. Starting from 59 av. J. - C., it was used as border between the Roman provinces and the Gaulle cisalpine; the law thus protected Rome from internal military threats.

It became famous when Jules César crossed the river with its legion S of weapons the January 12th 49 av. J. - C. on the traces of Pompée. He violated the law of the Roman Sénat. If one believes Suétone of it, it launched while crossing the river celebrates it formula: “ the fate is thrown by it ” (“ Alea jacta is ”).

From this episode “ was born the expression to cross Rubicon ” which survived until our days. It evokes a person launching out irrevocably in a company with the risky consequences.

Possible confusion

At the Roman era, Rubicon flowed in the sea Adriatique between Ariminum and Caesena (Roman names of Rimini and Césène). The modern river correspondent is often disputed.

Indeed perhaps Rubicon was confused with the Pisciatello, their sources have the same mount for origin and they descend each one in two parallel valleys to meet with the sea level with Gattéo-Pond.

  • On certain charts, existed a river URGON which in dialect means RUBICON and which currently is recognized under not PISCIATELLO .

  • the current city of Savignano sul Rubicone was called Savignano di Romagna until 1933, when Benito Mussolini, to stop the discussions, issued that the ex- Fiumicino will be truth Rubicon ().

Images of the Museum of the Vatican

These two images (of bad quality, because drawn from a film), represent a small portion of a large chart exposed in the gallery of the charts to the museum of the Vatican.

This chart, labelled FLAMINIA , which was the name of the Romagna and which belonged to the State of the church before Risorgimento and the unification of the provinces Italians.

  • the image on the right represents Rubicon and two other rivers which have the same mouth in the Adriatic. On the right towns of Cesenatico and Cervia.

  • the image on the left watch sources of these rivers, and it is noted that named Rubicon passes, at that time, with the immediate surroundings of Césène. Whereas today, one names this Pisciatello river and that it is that which is parallel for him (on the right) that one calls Rubicon.

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