00 / The Roman World
Caesar & the Republic
One general, one river, and the end of the Republic.
01 / Entries
- cross the Rubicon IDIOM To take a step you cannot undo. The Rubicon, January 49 BC.
- the die is cast IDIOM The decision is made and there is no going back. What he said at the crossing.
- veni, vidi, vici IDIOM I came, I saw, I conquered — used of a job done fast and without difficulty. Zela, 47 BC — the war report.
- Caesar's wife must be above suspicion IDIOM People in public positions must avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing, guilty or not. The Bona Dea scandal, 62 BC.
- beware the Ides of March IDIOM A warning that a specific day, or a trusted circle, holds danger. Spurinna's warning, 15 March 44 BC.
- Et tu, Brute? IDIOM Said when the person betraying you is the last one you expected. Brutus, in the Senate.
- sic semper tyrannis IDIOM Thus always to tyrants — a slogan claiming that oppressors get what is coming to them. What the assassins told themselves.