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Well.... every month has an Ides...it is the 14th. The Ides of March became famous since it was the day Julius Ceasar was murdered.
It means guys with knives are after you.
Ceasar was warned that he was in danger on that day - thus the saying
In the high school I use to work at it meant "No holidays for too long"
SLIMEBALL BUSH IS ABOUT TO UNCORK
ANOTHER OF HIS "SAVE THE STUPID
PEOPLE". NO ONE CAN EVEN BEGIN TO
GUESS HOW THE PRESENT LIES WILL COME OUT, JUST BE GLAD YOUR NOT A
"WASHINGTON LAWYER"
Summary: In short avoid any person named Brutus, Cassius or Casca if you think they don't like you.
Details: Today, the 15th of March in 44 B.C., not the 14th of March as patr's posting suggests; was the date Julius Caesar was assasinated in the Roman Senate. The 'Ides' denotes the middle day of the month in the Roman calendar, and therefore only had meaning in the Roman Calendar, which ironically was recently replaced in that era by the Julian Calendar.
Julius Caesar was warned by a soothsyaer/seer (Titus Vestricius Spurrina) to beware the Ides of March. Julius Caesar ignored this prophecy and went to the Roman Senate anyway, even after seeing the seer again that very day while going to the Senate.
The Ides fell on the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month.
The term 'Ides of March' due to its use in Shakespeares play 'Julius Caesar' has come to mean a foreboding of doom. For more info see "Summary" above.
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