ides of march
Monday, March 15th, 2010Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
From William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar:
CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry ‘Caesar!’ Speak; Caesar is turn’d to hear.
Soothsayer
Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
What man is that?
BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware [...]


