The die was cast f'real

Exactly 2056 years ago today, the ultimate 50-yard-line was breached. With only a single regiment (a single regiment of genuine badasses it must be noted), Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon on January 10, 49 B.C., and shit was on. As he himself put it, lacta alea est - which translates to "the die is cast" but also can be taken to mean, "yo let's do this."

An ancient boundary between Gaul and Italy, the Rubicon was a crucial symbol in Roman law - no general was permitted to cross it with a standing army for any reason. Thus, Caesar's action immediately ignited a civil war, one that he knew he was going to win hands down. This he did, chasing Pompey's pissass army around for about a year and half before pushing his team into the red zone, Rome, where he was officially appointed dictator. Game over. He celebrated his victory by heading down to Alexandria and knocking up Cleopatra, who was at the time a veritable Pam Anderson for the dictator set.