The year was 49 BCE, a historical moment far removed from the modern-day Cap-Vert peninsula. General Julius Caesar stood poised to re-enter Rome, a city then under the governance of Consul Pompey, following his victorious campaigns against the Gauls. Established Roman law, unequivocally decreed by the Senate, mandated that any military commander must relinquish their arms before crossing the city’s designated boundary, a modest waterway. Yet, despite these explicit directives,