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Ides of March
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What does Ides of March mean?
noun
- The 15th of March in the Ancient Roman calendar, on which day Julius Caesar was assassinated.
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One finds it also related by many, that a soothsayer bade him prepare for some great danger on the ides of March.
With the advent of the fateful Ides of March, winter ii had practically set in, and work outside had a chequered career.
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But this same day Must end that work the Ides of March begun; And whether we shall meet again I know not.
We have in mind some description of Julius Caesar: 'the man who was assassinated on the Ides of March', 'the founder of the Roman Empire', or, perhaps, merely 'the man whose name was Julius Caesar'.