I think it has something to do with march 15 th.
2007-03-16 02:25:26 · 9 answers · asked by cuchrissy 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
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.
The term Ides has real meaning only in the Roman Calendar, which was displaced by the Julian Calendar in 46 BC. However, the term was still used in a vernacular sense for centuries afterwards to denote the middle of the month.
Specifically, the term is best known because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC – the story of which was famously retold in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.[2] In modern times, it has come to mean a foreboding of doom.
2007-03-16 02:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by artisticallyderanged 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually the "Ides of March". The Romans separated their calendar into these sections: Kalends (1st day of the month) Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months) Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months) The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days). Julius Caesar was told to "beware the Ides of March" because it was predicted that he would be assassinated on March 15. And he was. Oh, those wild and crazy Romans!
2016-03-16 21:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not eyes ... Ides ...
Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marked March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy. It has fascinated scholars and writers ever since.
For ancient Romans living before that event, however, an ides was merely one of several common calendar terms used to mark monthly lunar events. The ides simply marked the appearance of the full moon.
2007-03-16 02:32:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bonny K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the "Ides of March". Julius Ceasar was assassinated on the Ides of March.
2007-03-16 02:28:55 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's also a
name of a very good
60's band.
Except that it's spelled...
Ides of March....
Check it out....
2007-03-16 02:33:43 · answer #5 · answered by Old Dawg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ides of March". You're right, it does mean March 15th, or the middle of March. It's most famous for being used in a play written by William Shakespear: "Beware the Ides of March" was said to Cesar. He was killed on March 15th.
2007-03-16 02:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you mean Ides of March?
That is refering to Julius Caesar. It was a simple standard way of saying March 15th
2007-03-16 03:35:10 · answer #7 · answered by tigris_02 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the "ides of March" from Julius Caesar, and it refers to the 15th of March.
2007-03-16 02:28:49 · answer #8 · answered by Marcao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ides of March
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/ides1.html
2007-03-16 02:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by Lisa B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the phrase is "beware the Ides of March" - Ides means the middle of - so the middle of March is the 15th.
2007-03-16 02:30:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋