Context: G. Julius Caesar would break norms himself in -49.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Rubicon#Julius_Ca...
Interestingly, the work in which this pleading occurs appears to not have been written until after the results of alea iacta est had settled down, in Caesar's favour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallust#The_Conspiracy_of_Cati...