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Ides of March

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What does Ides of March mean?

noun

  1. 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.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
With the advent of the fateful Ides of March, winter ii had practically set in, and work outside had a chequered career.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
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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.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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'.
Bertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyProject Gutenberg ebook #5827