| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 9997 |
| QUOTATION: | The die is cast. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (10044 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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