To pass the Rubicon. To adopt some measure from which it is not
possible to recede. Thus, when the Austrains, in 1859, passed the
Ticino, the act was a declaration of war against Sardinia; and in 1866,
when the Italians passed the Adige, it was a declaration of war against
Austria. The Rubicon was a small river separating ancient Italy from
Cisalpine Gaul (the province allotted to Julius Caesar). When Caesar
crossed this stream he passed beyond the limits of his own province and
became an invader of Italy.
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