Ides Of March: What Is It?

Lots of people are searching for the Ides of March today but what is it and how does it relate to Julius Caesar?

The Ides of March is the name given the 15th day of March, May, July and October and the 13th day of all other months on the Roman calendar.

In William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar,' the Roman emperor is presciently warned to 'Beware the Ides of March.' In real life, Caesar was murdered on March 15, 44 B.C. A group of conspirators, including Marcus Junius Brutus of 'Et tu, Brute?' fame, stabbed Caesar 23 times at the Theatre of Pompey in Rome.

The term 'Ides of March' may sound foreboding but in its time, it was simply the standard way to say March 15. In fact, Romans observed the Ides of March as a festival day to honor the god Mars.

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