In this episode, we explore one of history's most dramatic political assassinations—the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Learn how Brutus, Cassius, and other senators conspired to ...

Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marked March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy.It has fascinated scholars and writers ever since. For ancient Romans ...

Julius Caesar had a pretty bad day at work on March 15, 44 BCE. The dictator of Rome was lured to a meeting and stabbed to death by his coworkers. He would've done well to beware the Ides of March.

T he Ides of March—Mar. 15 on our current calendar—is famous as the day Caesar was murdered in 44 BCE, but the infamy of the calendar date tends to obscure the actual history of what happened ...

Other Deadly Events on the Ides of March. Caesar's death is arguably the most notable event to have occurred on March 15 over the years, but it's far from the only event in world history to have ...

“Beware the Ides of March,” a soothsayer tells the eponymous emperor in the first act of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t end well for him. But 415 years ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in 2014.It has been republished, with updates. SAN FRANCISCO — March 15 is the Ides of March. But there's no need to be on guard. Julius Caesar ...

In major and minor ways, a lot of us misunderstand the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC. That’s why I talked to Barry Strauss , a Cornell classics and history professor.

The Ides of March has become infamously linked with the assassination of Julius Caesar, who was killed on this day in 44 B.C. The phrase famously appears in William Shakespeare’s play “Julius ...

On March 15, 44 BCE, Roman emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Roman Senate by a group of Senators who feared he had become an all-powerful dictator. William Shakespeare immortalized the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — Beware the Ides of March. You’ve heard it. But what is it and why do we remember it? Technically, the ides is around the midpoint of any month, and in early calendars ...

“Beware The Ides of March!” Had Julius Caesar not been a strong swimmer, we would never know the term – he would have died in 48 BCE and never lived to die on the Ides of March in 45 BCE.