what does the ides of march mean?

Answer 1

March 15th

Answer 2

Ides means middle. Thus the ides of March means the middle. You could also say the ides of any month.

Answer 3

I associate the March 15 with the death of Julius Ceasar. Some see the ides as superstious.

Answer 4

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Generally speaking, a term from the ancient Roman calendar. The Ides fell on the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month.[1] Thus the Ides of March was the 15th day of March.

Specifically, the term is best known because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC.

According to the Greek biographer Plutarch, a few days before, the soothsayer Titus Vestricius Spurinna apparently warned Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March." Caesar disregarded the warning:

"The following story, too, is told by many. A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: "Well, the Ides of March are come," and the seer said to him softly: "Ay, they are come, but they are not gone." [2]
As the Senate convened, Caesar was attacked and stabbed to death by a group of senators who called themselves the Liberatores ("Liberators"); they justified their action on the grounds that they committed tyrannicide, not murder, and were preserving the Republic from Caesar's alleged monarchical ambitions. Among the assassins who locked themselves in the Temple of Jupiter were Gaius Trebonius, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Gaius Cassius Longinus; Caesar had personally pardoned most of his murderers or personally advanced their careers. Marcus Brutus was a distant cousin of Caesar and named as one of his testamentary heirs. There is also speculation that Marcus Brutus was an illegitimate child of Caesar's, since he had an affair with Servilia Caepionis, Brutus' mother; however, Caesar was 15 years old at the time Brutus was born. Caesar sustained 23 (as many as 35 by some accounts) stab wounds, which ranged from superficial to mortal, and ironically fell at the feet of a statue of his friend turned rival, Pompey the Great. His last words have been variously reported as:

Και σύ, τέκνον Βρούτε; (Kai su, teknon Vrute?) (Gr., "Even you, my child, Brutus?" – from Suetonius)
Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi! (Lat., "You too, Brutus, my son!" – a modern Latin translation of the Greek quotation from Suetonius)
Et tu, Brute? (Lat., "And (even) you, Brutus?" – from Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar)

Answer 5

The ides of march does in fact refer to march 15th. And yes it has something to do with julius caesar, who was killed on that day after a seer warned him "beware of the ides of march" ... at least according to shakespeare

Answer 6

It is the 15 th of March / also an old rock band

Answer 7

ides of march mean, that your mom was in my bed lastnight!!

Answer 8

its the fifteenth of march.. i also believe that julius caesar died on that day and it may have been a holiday for the greeks but im not sure of the last part. but i know it has to do with caesar!!

Answer 9

"I advised him, Julie, do no longer bypass. it rather is the Ides of March, pay attention already!" "I advised him Julie, do no longer bypass! do no longer bypass!"> > > In historical circumstances, the fifteenth or halfway portion of the month replaced into viewed to be unlucky. It replaced right into a time while Evil issues have been in all probability to ensue. ...... curiously, even regardless of the indisputable fact that each month has a fifteenth & a halfway element in it, it replaced into in basic terms March which replaced into viewed as being an Evil or unlucky time. ... The word "pay attention The Ides of March", merely refers to that portion of the twelve months to concentrate of evil happenings, greater effective than on the different time, different than for one. the different time of Evil replaced into on the final evening of the month of October.(now noted as halloween). ....... This replaced into the classic Celtic New Years Eve. right now, all way of beings from the different worlds have been loose to stroll the earth & trick mankind into serving them. ... last indoors with lighting fixtures fixtures burning replaced into viewed to be 'secure'. Turnips & Pumpkins carved with a savage face,& a candle interior them(Jack-o-Lanterns) have been used to frighten Evil spirits & goblins away. Then, on November 2, replaced into the Celtic New Years Day. November 1st, belonged to neither the previous or the recent twelve months. It replaced into viewed as being a time between circumstances! .... in this at some point of the twelve months, the 'Veil between the worlds' replaced into at it rather is thinnest, making it obtainable for lifeless kinfolk to bypass over to the land of the residing for a quick time to be with those they enjoyed. yet,,, It additionally made it obtainable for Evil beings of the otherworld to bypass over merely as surely, to reason injury to mankind. ........ If this replaced into in basic terms a superstition, then Why do numerous individuals for the duration of the international nonetheless have faith it? .......... Now you apart from could recognize the Origins of the Halloween gala's of on the instant! .......... Oh sure, it began in ENGLAND,,, no longer united statesa..!!

Answer 10

Ancient pagan beliefs