The Preservation of America’s Republic Hangs in the Balance

Police take back the streets at around midnight after firing copious amounts of tear gas to disperse protesters and rioters outside the Minneapolis Police 5th Precinct during the fourth night of protests and violence following the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 29, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Commentary

In January 49 B.C., Julius Caesar and his victorious 13th Legion approached a small river in what is now northern Italy called the Rubicon. Fresh from his conquest of Gaul, Caesar was returning to Rome after eight years in the field—a Rome riven by factions and intrigues and boiling on the edge of its second civil war in 40 years.