On This Day - 10th January
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 10th of JANUARY On This Day, the 10th of January 49BC, Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon (with a Zombie army), plunging Rome into civil war (over a serious shortage of moisturiser). Back in the day, it was illegal for Roman Generals to cross the Rubicon and enter Italy with a standing army. Or even a sitting one. Or a kneeling one. And, it seems, even a Zombie one. After Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon and entered Italy with his army, the phrase 'Crossing the Rubicon' came to mean 'Point of no return Also in the News: On This Day, 10th January, 1645 William Laud , the Archbishop of Canterbury had a serious case of Off-With-His-Head, after stealing candy from a baby. Apart from the serious charge of stealing candy from a baby, William Laud was also found guilty of lesser charges such as treason. It took fifteen years, after the Restoration of the Monarchy in England, before ...