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n. The 15th of March in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20calendar, on which day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar was assassinated
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Although March ( Martius) was the third month of the Julian calendar, in the oldest Roman calendar it was the first month of the year. The holidays observed by the Romans from the first through the Ides often reflect their origin as new-year celebrations.
The Ides of March (the "middle of March") is the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius.
- The Ides of March is most closely associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar
The term may also refer to:
Usage examples of "ides of march".
Papirius Turdus, attacked Manlius in his absence and brought forward a motion that he should not retain his command after the Ides of March - the consuls had already had their administrations extended for a year - in order that he might be brought to trial immediately on quitting office.
And nobodys ever been able to get close to Fords Theater or Pearl Harbor or the Ides of March.
Or you could look it up in our headquarters library-file 'Cassandra' and file 'Ides of March,' for starters, then see file 'Nostradamus.
I was thinking of the soothsayer who warned Caius Julius against the Ides of March, and fancied him looking for the omens of evil which his master despised in the entrails of a chicken.
Every year the hummers would make this long migration, arriving almost precisely on March 15, the Ides of March.
Was it out of gratitude, since Brutus had refused to allow Antony to be killed on the ides of March?