On January 10, 49 B.C.E., General Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon, a stream separating Rome from the province of Gaul. Crossing the Rubicon began a civil war that would end the Roman Republic.
Crossing the Rubicon would reveal Caesar's ultimate aspirations and mark a point of no return. At this moment the Roman Empire was born and the course of history was forever altered. As he stepped into the River Rubicon, Caesar declared, “Alea iacta est ”, which is Latin for, “Let the die be cast.”
In Latin, alea refers to a game with dice and, more generally, a game of hazard or chance.
Indeed, I am in command of Legion X. What an irony, the Rubicon is the deciding factor.
But of course... It has to be the Rubicon
Therefore it is the situation *o[n] (of) a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
It refers to someone who is doing something that is hurting him/her physically or emotionally but he/she has to do it like a cat. A cat has to jump on hot tin roofs to get from one place to another quickly.
* That is the story of my life, Sarah.
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