Rubicone
The Rubicon ( la, Rubico; it, Rubicone ; rgn, Rubicôn ) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, Crossing the Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC. The river flows for around from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the south of the Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena. History The Latin word comes from the adjective , meaning "red". The river was so named because its waters are colored red by iron deposits in the riverbed. During the Roman Republic, the Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul and Roman Italy, Italy proper, controlled directly by Rome and its (allies), to the south. On the north-western side, the border was marked by the river Arno, a much wider and more important waterway, which flows westward from the Apennine Mountains (the Arno and the Rubicon rise no ...
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Sogliano Al Rubicone
Sogliano al Rubicone ( rgn, Sujén) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. Sogliano al Rubicone is renowned for the Formaggio di Fossa cheese. Twin towns * Meziboří Meziboří (; german: Schönbach) is a town in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. Geography Meziboří is located about north of Most. The entire municipal territory lies in the ..., Czech Republic * Sayda, Germany References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ...
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