Crossing the Rubicon: The die is cast (TRIH ep 135)
49 BCE · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Julius Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon and the wider collapse of the late Roman Republic. Holland situates the moment in the context of the Republic's constitutional norms, the professionalization of the legions under Gaius Marius, and Sulla's precedent of using armies for political ends.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 49 BCE
- Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Spartacus slave revolt (73 BCE)
- Fall of the Roman Republic (133 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Caesar's dictatorship (49 BCE)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)