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NUMBER:9997
QUOTATION:The die is cast.
ATTRIBUTION:Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.), Roman general, emperor. Parallel Lives, “Caesar”, sct. 32, Plutarch.

Julius Caesar on crossing the Rubicon in 49 B.C., an action which provoked the start of the first Civil War.
 
 
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