Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shakespeare's dialogue further cemented the date in history. The writer relied heavily on the work of the Greek historian Plutarch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. statue of the famous roman emperor Julius Caesar The term "Ides" itself relates to the Roman calendar. The Ides was a marker day ...

On Thursday, March 15, the Calvin College classics club SPQR is staging a re-enactment of the stabbing of Julius Caesar by Brutus in recognition of the “Ides of March,” the anniversary of Caesar’s ...

Whether from a Hollywood film, a television series or an English literature class, we've all heard the ominous warning: "Beware the Ides of March." The dire sounding phrase was immortalized by English ...

You may be hearing the term “Beware the ides of March” on Friday, yet have no idea why you should be aware nor what the ides of March is. March 15 has been a lucky day for some and a particularly ...

You’ve likely heard the phrase “beware the Ides of March,” but what exactly is an Ides, and why the warning? In the ancient Roman calendar, the Ides fell in the middle of each month, not just March.

The famous line about volunteering to die and enduring pain appears in Caesar’s Gallic War, though he places it in a Gallic ...

"A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March."If you studied Shakespeare at all in high school or college — and let's be honest, you know you did, even if you forgot — the phrase may ring a ...

The date March 15 evokes a sense of foreboding for many familiar with history and literature. Known as the Ides of March, this date is tied to prophecies and betrayals in ancient Rome. But what ...

Amid St. Patrick's Day celebrations and the highly anticipated start of spring, March also features a more ominous day that comes coupled with a decades-old warning rooted in literature: "Beware the ...