Thread:CreateElements/@comment-4554525-20141219231254/@comment-122.61.158.248-20141220180457

For those that are interested:

Rubicon: A limit that when passed or exceeded permits no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment.



@TotallyTinkerbell: You're spot on. A stream in N Italy. In ancient times the boundary between Italy and Cisalpine Gaul. By leading his army across it and marching on Rome in 49 bc, Julius Caesar broke the law that a general might not lead an army out of the province to which he was posted and so committed himself to civil war with the senatorial party



(I Googled it)