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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 266754" data-attributes="member: 1645">Chapter VII -- Enemy of the StateJulius Caesar stood beside the stream in the darkness, looking pensively into the rippling waters as the first rays of the new dawn pierced the eastern sky.&nbsp; This was the Rubicon River, an otherwise insignificant waterway in eastern Italy that marked the boundary between the province of Cisalpine Gaul and Italy.He's not going to cross the Rubicon is he?&nbsp; (Of course, &quot;cross the Rubicon&quot; now means &quot;to take an irrevocable step&quot;...)The day before, January 10, Caesar had secretly sent a commando force across the Rubicon....Made up of tribunes, centurions, and picked men of the 13th Legion, the small force had entered Italy with farmers' cloaks disguising their military uniforms and hiding the swords on their hips...&quot;Picked men&quot; is code for &quot;PCs&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 266754, member: 1645"] [b]Chapter VII -- Enemy of the State[/b] [Color=Silver]Julius Caesar stood beside the stream in the darkness, looking pensively into the rippling waters as the first rays of the new dawn pierced the eastern sky. This was the Rubicon River, an otherwise insignificant waterway in eastern Italy that marked the boundary between the province of Cisalpine Gaul and Italy.[/Color] He's not going to [i]cross the Rubicon[/i] is he? (Of course, "cross the Rubicon" now means "to take an irrevocable step"...) [Color=Silver]The day before, January 10, Caesar had secretly sent a commando force across the Rubicon....Made up of tribunes, centurions, and picked men of the 13th Legion, the small force had entered Italy with farmers' cloaks disguising their military uniforms and hiding the swords on their hips...[/Color] "Picked men" is code for "PCs". [/QUOTE]

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