Augustus Bids You to Study Diligently

Great job on today's crossword puzzle!

I was especially impressed that some of you solved the challenging clues related to the following words:

Ides (of March)

Veto

Pompey
Livy (who knew he was a Bengals fan?!)
Dictator

Rubicon

Here's a picture of the Rubicon River.  As you can see, it's not very big.

And yet, when Julius Caesar crossed it with his troops, the course of history was changed forever!