TK421
14-04-09, 02:18 PM
I was surfing the net and working on some new concepts for one of our clients when I stumbled across the phrase:
"Point of no return"
While looking up the "meaning" for verification to the concepts, I found the phrase:
"Crossing the Rubicon"
The Rubicon is a river in Northern Italy and it was the geographical point where it is said that in 49AD...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon
Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river that was supposed mark the south from the north.
The river was notable as Roman law prohibited the Rubicon from being crossed by any Roman Army legion. The river was considered to mark the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north and Italy proper to the south... and has survived to refer to any people committing themselves irrevocably to a risky and revolutionary course of action.
Similar to the current phrase "passing the point of no return". It also refers, in limited usage, to its plainer meaning of using military power in a non-receptive homeland
BACK TO THE NAME - RUBICON... does anyone know the real meaning behind the name for this magnificent Jeep vehicle or do you agree I am pretty much on the mark here?
I don't have a Rubicon (drive a Cherokee) but if I had, I'd be looking up the meaning of the name.
Does any Rubicon owner know? It would be interesting to find out.
TK
"Point of no return"
While looking up the "meaning" for verification to the concepts, I found the phrase:
"Crossing the Rubicon"
The Rubicon is a river in Northern Italy and it was the geographical point where it is said that in 49AD...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubicon
Julius Caesar and his army crossed the river that was supposed mark the south from the north.
The river was notable as Roman law prohibited the Rubicon from being crossed by any Roman Army legion. The river was considered to mark the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north and Italy proper to the south... and has survived to refer to any people committing themselves irrevocably to a risky and revolutionary course of action.
Similar to the current phrase "passing the point of no return". It also refers, in limited usage, to its plainer meaning of using military power in a non-receptive homeland
BACK TO THE NAME - RUBICON... does anyone know the real meaning behind the name for this magnificent Jeep vehicle or do you agree I am pretty much on the mark here?
I don't have a Rubicon (drive a Cherokee) but if I had, I'd be looking up the meaning of the name.
Does any Rubicon owner know? It would be interesting to find out.
TK