January 49 BC: Julius Caesar in Rimini begins the journey that changed history

Historical re-enactment of Legio XIII Gemina

Saturday 14 January 2023

"Alea Iacta Est" with these words, Gaius Julius Caesar, in January 49 BC, together with the faithful XIII Legio Gemina, crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated the borders of the Urbe territories from Cisalpine Gaul, changing history. After that he proceeded to Ariminum, where he harangued his valiant men, the legionaries of the Thirteenth Legion, the "Lions of Cisalpine Gaul". It was one of the decisive moments in Julius Caesar's life and in all of Roman history.
On Saturday 14 January 2023, the Legio XIII Gemina Association, the first legion in the Rimini area, is organizing an important event to commemorate the moment in which Caesar pronounced these famous words, just in the Rimini Forum (now Piazza Tre Martiri, and once called piazza Giulio Cesare) immediately after crossing the Rubicon in January 49 B.C.
The event, with many legionaries in historical costume, will begin in the area in front of the Tiberius bridge with the following program:
16:00 the legionaries of the Legio will train and perform in front of the Tiberius Bridge 
17:00 the legionaries in formation will cross the bridge and take Corso di Augusto to arrive in Piazza Tre Martiri
17:30 start of the ceremony in the square with the reading of the locution pronounced by Caesar and oath of the new legionnaires
18:15 the legionaries will greet the statue of Julius Caesar and will return to the Tiberius Bridge
The event is free and suitable to adults and young people.

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Place: 
Rimini