http://www.metafilter.com/tags/crossingtherubicon Posts tagged with 'crossingtherubicon' at MetaFilter. Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:56:37 -0800 Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:56:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32413/Double%2DCrossing%2Dthe%2DRubicon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon">"Crossing the Rubicon"</a> is a phrase widely believed to refer to the moment when Julius Caesar and his army crossed the stream separating Gaul from Italy, a move which meant civil war and commonly used to mean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Rubicon">"point of no return"</a>. Now Swiss archaeologists are <a href="http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4836120">challenging that theory</a> with a phrase that should be "Double Crossing the Rubicon". tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32413 Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:56:37 -0800 brokenlink caesar crossingtherubicon gaul italy juliuscaesar stbalbach