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Crossing the Rubicon: The Fall of the Roman Republic

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Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon in 49 BCE sparked a civil war that would ultimately lead to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of imperial rule under Caesar and his successors.

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