Vincenzo Camuccini, Mort de César, 1798.

In the Roman calendar, the term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other 8 months.^[1]. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1250x696, 203 KB) Summary From: http://ugo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1250x696, 203 KB) Summary From: http://ugo. ... Vincenzo Camuccini (1773 - 1844), Italian historical painter, was born at Rome. ... The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between the foundation of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. ... For other uses, see March (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... For other uses, see October (disambiguation). ...

In modern times, the term Ides of March (Latin Idus Martiae) is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated, in 44 BC, the story of which was famously retold in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.^[2] The term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Facsimile of the first page of Julius Caesar from the First Folio, published in 1623 Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed written in 1599. ...

Christianity

To some Christians, the Ides of March symbolize the "impending doom" that Jesus was to bear upon the cross. According to John 3:16-17 (New King James Version),"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." What this has to do with the Ides of March, is the subject of philosophical discussion.

Assassination of Julius Caesar

Main article: Assassination of Julius Caesar

Caesar summoned the Senate to meet in the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March. A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: "The Ides of March has come," and the seer said to him softly: "Aye, Caesar, but not gone."^[3] For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... Artist rendition of the front exterior of the Theatre of Pompey The Theatre of Pompey (Latin Theatrum Pompeium, Italian: Teatro di Pompeo) is an ancient building of the Roman Republic era, built around 55 BC, once the worlds largest theater. ...

As the Senate convened, Caesar was attacked and stabbed to death by a group of senators who called themselves the Liberatores ("Liberators"); they justified their action on the grounds that they committed tyrannicide and were preserving the Republic from Caesar's alleged monarchical ambitions. The conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar involved a number of high ranking Romans who did assassinate Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B.C. History The following passage is part of an eyewitness account of this conspiracy written by Nicolaus of Damascus, a few years after the assassination: The conspirators... Liberatores is the Latin name that the murderers of Caius Julius Caesar gave themselves. ... Tyrannicide literally means the killing of a tyrant. ...

Usage in modern popular culture

In Music

• Thee Mighty Caesars, a garage/punk group fronted by Billy Childish, named an LP "Beware the Ides of March" released in 1985.
• British heavy metal band Iron Maiden opened their second album (Killers) with an instrumental entitled "The Ides of March."
• In 1970, the American band The Ides of March had a number 2 hit on the Billboard charts with the song "Vehicle."
• In 2005, the Canadian band Silverstein released a song called "Ides of March" on the album "Discovering the Waterfront".
• In 1994, the American band Codeine released the song "Ides" on the album "The White Birch". A stripped down version of the song was released in March 1993 on a 7 inch single released by Simple Machines as part of their "Working Holiday" series of singles.
• The second track of 1972's Matching Mole's Little Red Record is named "Marchides".
• "Ides of March" is a song recorded by Guns N' Roses during their Chinese Democracy sessions

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In Film and Television

• In Back to the Future II, George McFly was killed on the Ides of March in 1973.
• In the Weebl and Bob episode "history5", Bob tells Weebl to "beware the Pies of March." He explains that it is currently December, and that "they've gone off by now."
• In The Simpsons episode "Homer the Great", Lisa warns Homer, "beware the Ides of March", after Homer claims he now knows he is God. Homer replies, "No!"
• In Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Ides of March", Xena and Gabrielle are crucified on the Ides of March, and Caesar himself is murdered. It is Xena who utters the famous warning, however, she directs it to Brutus rather than Caesar.
• In the film The House of Yes, Parker Posey's character goes by the name Jackie-O ever since she attended an Ides of March party dressed as the former first lady.

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Other References

• The internet group Anonymous used the phrase "beware the Ides of March" when referring to its then-upcoming March 15th, 2008 mass protest of the Church of Scientology.
• The Ides of March are celebrated every year by the Rome Hash House Harriers with a toga run in the streets of Rome, in the same place where Julius Caesar was killed.
• A paperback reprint of material from MAD Magazine, from the late 1950s, is titled The Ides of MAD.
• In Civilization IV, if the player is on poor terms with Julius Caesar and opens the diplomacy screen with him, Caesar will comically ask why the player is there and if it's "the Ides of March already".
• In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, if the player hits enter and types "Ides of March" into the opened chat bar and hits enter again, he will be taken to the final sequence in the current campaign.
• In the Reduced Shakespeare Company's version of Julius Caesar, Adam Long (playing the seer) tells Reed Martin (playing Caesar) to beware the Ides of March, to which Caesar asks, confused, "What the hell are the Ides of March?"

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Appearances

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• Cao Cao, one of the greatest warlords of the Three Kingdoms Era of China, also died on the Ides of March in AD 220 and a year later the Kingdom of Shu Han was established by Liu Bei.

• Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated his power as ruler on the Ides of March, 1917. It is mentioned in the film "Nicholas and Alexandra."

• The Atlanta Chapter of the Dagorhir Battle Games Association hosts an annual spring event at Red Horse Stables on the weekend closest to the 15th of March. The event is appropriately named, "The Ides of March".

• American horror author HP Lovecraft also died on this day.

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References

See also

• Ides
• Roman calendar
• Julian calendar
• March 15

Ides may refer to: Ides, a day in the Roman calendar, that marked the approximate middle of the month. ... The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between the foundation of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... is the 74th day of the year (75th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene II
• Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, The Life of Julius Caesar
• Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus (translated by Clayton M. Hall)