The Ides of March
The ides was an ancient Roman calendar term, indictating the middle of the month. It corresponded with March, May, July, and October 15th and the 13th of all other months.
The term entered into common English usage via Williams Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar.” In the play, Caesar is warned by a soothsayer to not go out on the 15th, lest he be killed. He tells him to “Beware the Ides of March.”
Caesar did go out, both in fact and in the play, and was stabbed to death by a group of Roman senators, in AD 44.
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