Rubicon
Sign in to saveThe Rubicon (; ; ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Cesena and north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. The river flows for around from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena.
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The Rubicon is a shallow river in northeastern Italy that flows from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea. It is historically significant because Julius Caesar crossed it in 49 BC, an event that has made the river a lasting symbol of passing a point of no return—though the river itself was only identified with the ancient Rubicon in 1933.
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- Interactive map of the Rubicon river
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- The mouth of the Rubicon in Bellaria
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- Sogliano al Rubicone
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9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Caesar's crossing
- Later history
- Identification
- Present
- In popular culture
- References
- External links
The Rubicon (; ; ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Cesena and north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. The river flows for around from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena.
==Etymology== The Latin word comes from the adjective , meaning "red". The river was so named because its waters are colored red by iron deposits in the riverbed.