Rubicon
/ˈɹubɪkɔn/
a point of no return
Rubicon in a sentence
“Signing the contract meant crossing the Rubicon.”
Origin of Rubicon
From Julius Caesar crossing the Rubicon River, starting civil war
Related Words
Pax Romana
a period of relative peace and stability
veni, vidi, vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
et tu, Brute
expression of betrayal by a trusted person
bread and circuses
superficial appeasement of the public
Carthaginian peace
a brutal peace that destroys the defeated party
Faustian bargain
a deal sacrificing integrity for power or success