Rubico (river)

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

A river in northeastern Italy that served, during the late Roman Republic, as the southern boundary of the province of Cisalpine Gaul, and which Caesar famously crossed with an army in 49 BCE, thereby precipitating the Roman Civil War. Its modern location is debated (see "Connections" and "Details" sections).

Coordinates

44.07218, 12.36073

Also known as

Fl. Rvbicv̄ (la), Flumen Rubicu (la), Roubíkon (grc), Rubico (la), Rubicon (en), Rubicon (en), Rubicone (it), Rubicone (it), Ῥουβίκων (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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