Rubico

Rŭbĭco (nom. Rubicon, Luc. 1, 214 Cort. N. cr.), ōnis, m.,

• a small river on the east coast of Italy, which formed the boundary between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul; celebrated for having been crossed by Caesar at the breaking out of the civil war; prob. the modern Pisatello, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5; Suet. Caes. 31; Luc. 1, 214.

2. Rubico, ōnis, m., ein kleiner Fluß in Italien, südl. von Ravenna, der vor Augustus die Grenze zwischen Italien und Gallia Cisalpina bildete, berühmt durch Cäsars Übergang beim Ausbruche des Bürgerkrieges, jetzt Pisatello, bei den umwohnenden Landleuten auch Rukon gen., Cic. Phil. 6, 5. Plin. 3, 115: Nom. Rubicon, Lucan. 1, 214; vgl. Prob. cath. 9, 17 K.

2 Rŭbĭcō (14) (et qqf. -cōn Luc. 1, 214 ) ōnis, m. , le Rubicon [petite rivière qui formait la limite entre la Gaule Cisalpine et lʼItalie ; il était interdit à tout général romain dʼentrer en armes en Italie ; César le franchit donnant ainsi le signal de la guerre civile] : Cic. Phil. 6, 5 ; Plin. 3, 115.

Rubĭco

and Rubĭcon. A small river in Italy, falling into the Adriatic a little north of Ariminum, forming the boundary in the republican period between the province of Gallia Cisalpina and Italia proper. It is celebrated in history on account of Caesar's passage across it at the head of his army, by which act he declared war against the Senate. See Suet. Iul. 31; and the article Caesar.