On January 10, 49 BC, Julius Caesar disregarded the Senate's order to disband his army and crossed the Rubicon River, a stream on the border of Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. His invasion of Italy was the beginning of civil war.
The Die is Cast
Riskily-Friskily
Crossing the Rubicon
Signalled that Caesar saw
Rome in a vise;
Marching on southward was
Aleatorily
Risking it all like a
Throw of the dice...