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 ...

“Beware the ides of March!” So a soothsayer warned the title character in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. But Caesar did not beware and was killed by a group of conspirators on March 15, 44 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The phrase comes from William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," in which a soothsayer delivers the infamous warning to the Roman ...

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 ...

The vicious assassination of the all-powerful consul of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar, occurred on March 15, 44 BC ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Hauntingly, Shakespeare presents us with the horrific premonition of Calpurnia and her unheeded warning to her husband. Thus, one is prompted to ask if Julius Caesar knowingly allowed himself to be ...

Hot on the heels of Pi Day, the Ides of March is another day ripe for geeks who love history and Shakespeare. For those who don't know, the Ides of March started as an innocuous term that refers to ...

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 ...