That group of men included Brutus and Cassius – two of Caesar’s most trusted government officials. On March 15, 44 B.C., (the Ides of March) approximately 60 senators cornered the Roman emperor near a statue of Pompey the Great and stabbed him 23 times. As the senate grew increasingly wary of Caesar’s growing power, they began plotting his downfall…Īlthough many records say that Caesar’s murder plot was executed in the Senate House, it actually transpired in an annex of the Theater of Pompey. He was named dictator for life (Dictator Perpetuus) not long after that and became the first Roman emperor to place his own image on coinage. that Caesar replaced the traditional Roman calendar with the updated Julian version, moving the start of the new year to January 1.
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And before the switch to the Julian calendar, March 15th marked the first full moon of a new year. The full moon marked the Ides, falling on either the 13th or 15th of the month. Time was charted more closely to the lunar phases, with each month following three main phases: Kalends (Kal), Nones (Non) and Ides (Id). In ancient Rome, the calendar looked nothing like what we use today. But how many actually know where it hails from? And furthermore: why do we call March 15 the “ Ides of March?” The Bard’s work was written more than 1600 years after the events that inspired it. “Beware the Ides of March…” The Soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar in Shakepeare’s play is familiar to many.
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