Question

Which statement best describes how the pipe player in passage one influenced Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon?

Answer 1

Answer:

The statement that best describes how the pipe player influenced Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon is:

"Take we the course which the signs of the gods and the false dealing of our foes point out. The die is cast.”

Explanation:

Crossing the Rubicon was historically symbolic.  While it violated an ancient Roman tradition and decree that forbade any provincial governor from crossing the small river which separated Italy from France (or more specifically the province of the Gaul), it afforded Caesar the chance he had strategized and waited for to become a Roman maximum ruler and conqueror.  So, Julius Caesar seizing the moment provided by the example of the god-like human who suddenly appeared before him playing a flute, crossed the Rubicon on January 10-11, 49 B.C.  This marked a point of no-return to normalcy.  So, following the footsteps of the god, i.e. the figure who crossed the stream with his war-like songs, Caesar decided ultimately to violate the orders of the Roman Senate because he strongly believed that the gods had given him the go-ahead to cross the Rubicon and make war on Rome.  The rest, as they say, is history.  And the die is always cast when someone decides to cross the Rubicon.