2007-03-12 10:48:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It the days leading up to his death, correct?
2007-03-12 10:49:58 · update #1
It *was the days...
2007-03-12 10:50:48 · update #2
Oh, okay, but why is it called the "ides"?
2007-03-12 10:53:24 · update #3
I was waiting for your two cents Yum. Thank you.
2007-03-12 11:03:44 · update #4
It was the day he was killed.
It was called the "ides" which meant basically the middle of the month according to the Roman calendar. Or what we would now call the 15th (approximately).
2007-03-12 10:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by yumyum 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Idea of March 44 B.C. was the date Caesar was assassinated. He was warned by a soothsayer, but ignored the warning. That is what caused the supernatural association with the event. Read or watch Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
This is a great ink I found that explains Roman time keeping: http://www.wundermoosen.com/WunderMoosenWeb-how-the-romans-recorded-dates-calendar-article.aspx
(Other bad things have happened on March 15th since then, Nicolas Romanov, the last Tsar of Russia, abdicated for himself and his son on the Ides, but then again, there are always coincidences.)
2007-03-12 17:57:09 · answer #2 · answered by cheetah_baby_531 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ides of March, or march 15th, is when Caesar got assassinated. The ides are the 15th in March, May, July, and October, and the 30th in the other months.
2007-03-12 18:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Firefly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Caeser was killed.
Ides: In the ancient Roman calendar, the eighth day after the nones, that is, the fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
2007-03-12 17:59:04 · answer #4 · answered by mikeyzdream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sooth sayer warned caesar to stay away from the senate on the ides of march. He didn't listen and ended up geting stabed to death.
2007-03-12 17:56:48 · answer #5 · answered by Skinny Kinney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a warning to beware of March 15 - the day he would die. Since then it's considered an unlucky day
2007-03-12 17:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the day he was assassinated. Ides is Latin for half division so it stands for mid-month days.
2007-03-12 17:55:14 · answer #7 · answered by staisil 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not 'leading up to his death' it was the actual day on which he was assassinated.
2007-03-12 17:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋