Volume 10 , Issue 11

Ides of March

Wikipedia states... "In the Roman calendar, the term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other 8 months....."

Ides may refer to, Ides, a day in the Roman calendar, that marked the approximate middle of the month.

In modern times, the term Ides of March (Latin Idus Martiae) is best known as the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated, in 44 BC. Because of that story of which was retold in William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, the term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom.
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