What is the "ides of march?"

Answer by  Pietro (34)

Refers to date in the Roman calendar, specifically March 15th. Originally used as a day for parades and settling accounts, the phrase was made famous by William Shakespeare in the play "Julius Caesar", where as soothsayer warns Caesar of his impending assassination on that day.

Answer by  malone (4817)

Julius Caeser was warned, "Beware the Ides of March," which if March 15. Caeser was killed on that day then in 44 BC. The expression is one of foreboding. Thornton Wilder wrote a book called "The Ides of March" about the final days of the Roman Empire.

Answer by  esteban (1334)

The "Ides of March" is a reference from the Shakespearean play "Julius Caesar. " Early in the play, Caesar was told by a soothsayer (fortune teller) to "beware the ides of march. " The ides of March just means the fifteenth of March. In the play, that is the day that Caesar is assassinated.