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yellowcanine

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Wed Mar 15, 2023, 09:24 AM Mar 2023

Beware the Ides of March.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March

The Ides of March (/aɪdz/; Latin: Idus Martiae, Late Latin: Idus Martii)[1] is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable in Rome as a deadline for settling debts.[2] In 44 BC, it became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar, which made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history.

Ides
The Romans did not number each day of a month from the first to the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (the 5th or 7th, nine days inclusive before the Ides), the Ides (the 13th for most months, but the 15th in March, May, July, and October), and the Kalends (1st of the following month). Originally the Ides were supposed to be determined by the full moon, reflecting the lunar origin of the Roman calendar. In the earliest calendar, the Ides of March would have been the first full moon of the new year.[3]
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Beware the Ides of March. (Original Post) yellowcanine Mar 2023 OP
I'm hoping that the ides of March stand for indictment today Walleye Mar 2023 #1
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The Ides of March - a great group! Talitha Mar 2023 #3
Let the backstabbing begin!!! Especially in 45's inner circle of family, advisors, japple Mar 2023 #4

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