Let the Die Be Cast

The most famous moment in roman history from this period is forty nine b c e. He gives a speech to his men, and he shouts, let the die be cast. This is the ultimate political gamble, shishmer. And what happens? So he leadss his soldiers across what's actually a very shallow river,. In the noin litle puddle. It's just a cram puddle. But it's hugely symbolic because it's the boundary that demarcates italy from the provinces. Crossing it there then was an act of illegality. And a sort of declaration of war. We have already seen marius and sulla m in 88. And now we have