Quote:
"Alea iacta est."
(The die is cast)
-Julius Caesar
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Caesar said these words Jan. 19, 49 B.C.
When he and his army crossed the Rubicon, the stream bounding his province, to enter Italy. The advancement, in violation of the senate's orders, meant the civil war and Caesar's march against Pompey had begun.
But Caesar was said to have borrowed the phrase from his favorite Greek poet-dramatist Menander (342-291 B.C).
I was going to add this, but I did not have the quote by General Cota.
Thanks.
I'll add a lot of quotes this weekend. (I hope..)
I have several houndres waiting to be added now, I have verified most of them...