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For the Romans, the 15th (or sometimes the 13th) of every month was called the \u201cIdes,\u201d marking the full moon. \u00a0Today is the Ides of March.<\/p>\n

On this day in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Senators led by his friend Brutus, who was trying to preserve the Roman Republic by killing the man who was turning Rome into an empire. \u00a0The action only delayed briefly the fall of the republic. \u00a0(We tend to fixate on the fall of the Roman empire, but we need to worry more about parallels with the fall of the Roman republic.)<\/p>\n

See\u00a0Ides of March \u2013 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So this Roman centurion goes into a bar and orders a martinus. \u00a0The bartender asks, \u201cDo you mean a martini?\u201d \u00a0The centurion says, \u201cLook, if I wanted a double I\u2019d tell you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Let us observe the Ides of March with Latin jokes, reasons why Latin should be taught in school, parallels with the transition from republic to empire, predictions of doom, or whatever else seems appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"