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  Ides of March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word ides comes from a Latin word that means "to divide": The ides were simply the middle of the month.
When Shakespeare wrote the famous line "Beware the Ides of March!" in his play Julius Caesar in 1599, he did so in the reasonable assumption that his audience would know the date of Caesar's death and so have a good idea of what the Ides were.
The Ides of March are celebrated every year by the Rome Hash House Harriers with a toga run in the streets of Rome, in the same place where Julius Caesar was killed.
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 Ides of March - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the Roman calendar the ides of March fell on the 15th day of the Roman month of Martius (although it should be noted that this would correspond to March 14 today, due to differences in the way that the months were calculated).
Ides of March is also a novel by Thornton Wilder, describing, in a series of documents, the events leading up to the death of Julius Caesar.
Ides of March is the name of the season 4 finale of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
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 The Ides of March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ides of March was an early 1970s band that hit it big with the song "Vehicle" in 1970.
The Ides of March began in Berwyn, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago) on October 16, 1964, as “The Shon-Dels”.
The Ides were also among the participants in the legendary “Festival Express” train tour documented in a 2003 film, although the Ides were not featured in the film.
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 Ides of March
The soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March," has forever imbued that date with a sense of foreboding.
The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome.
For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days).
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 Beware the Ides of March
The date they chose to murder Caesar was March 15th, the Ides of March.
The ides is simply the middle of the month, but from the time of Caesar's assasination it has always signaled danger.
The ides were originally meant to mark the full moon which fell in the middle of the lunar months.
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 Ides of March Marked Murder of Julius Caesar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But the Ides of March assumed a whole new identity after the events of 44 B.C. The phrase came to represent a specific day of abrupt change that set off a ripple of repercussions throughout Roman society and beyond.
The ancient Roman calendar fixed the calends on the 1st, the nones on the 5th or the 7th, and the ides on 13th or the 15th, Gill said in an e-mail interview.
The months of March, May, July, and October, the longest months at 31 days, held the nones on the 7th and the ides on the 15th.
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 Ides of March
The Roman ruler, Julius Caesar, was assassinated on the Ides of March - March 15, 44 B.C.E. In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, a soothsayer tells Caesar who is already on his way to the Senate (and his death), "Beware the ides of March." Caesar replies, "He is a dreamer, let us leave him.
In the ancient Roman calendar, each of the 12 months had an "ides." In March, May, July and October, the ides fell on the 15th day.
The word "ides" was derived from the Latin "to divide." The ides were originally meant to mark the full moon - but since the solar calendar months and lunar months were of different lengths, the ides quickly lost their original intent and purpose.
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 ides of march | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
March 15, 2003 1:59 PM Today is the Ides of March.
It is March 15th in the ancient Roman calender, the first day of the Roman New Year and the first day of spring.
The Ides of March is best known as the day Julius Caesar was assasinated in the Senate (44 BC) and made famous by the Shakespeare line "Beware the Ides of March".
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 Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik Bio - Mars Talent
The Ides of March toured America and Canada on weekends while keeping up their high school education.
In 1990, the original six members of The Ides of March with the addition of long-time friend Scott May on keyboards and Dave Stahlberg on trombone reunited for what was supposed to be a one-time concert for Berwyn’s Summerfaire.
The Ides are that rare commodity that still has all of its original members for the over 30 years since they started.
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 Booking Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik - Book Entertainment, Corporate, Event, Meeting, Ides of March featuring ...
The Ides of March toured America and Canada on weekends throughout the summer while keeping up their high school education.
In 1990, the original six members of The Ides of March with the addition of longtime friend Scott May on keyboards and Dave Stahlberg on trombone reunited for what was supposed to be a one-time concert for Berwyn’s Summerfaire.
The Ides are that rare commodity that still has all of its original members for the over thirty years since they started.
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 BBC News | e-cyclopedia | Ides of March: Why worrry?
The ides of March, however, is one day that continues to appeal, marked because that was the date that Julius Caesar was assassinated in the senate, in 44BC.
However, just four hundred years later, the ides seems set only to survive as a literary and historical reference - in spite of it being the date by which debts (including Caesar's) were usually settled.
One significant historical event that fell on the ides of March is, perhaps, worth noting.
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 Ides of March
The urgency of the plot was not only the fact that Caesar was expected to leave Rome for Parthia on March 18, but that Caesar was expected to be named King of all the Roman provinces outside of Italy.
The apparent leader of the plot was Gaius Cassius Longinus, the Praetor Peregrinus in 44 BC.
On the Ides of March, or the 15th, the Senate was expected to approve Caesar's kingship outside of Italy.
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 The Ides of March
And you must be in the city by the Ides of March." Something about the apparition’s voice rang a note in Xena like a temple bell.
A column of troops marched the other direction, their boots crunching loudly in the sleet that still covered the ground and the road.
The Ides had not come and gone and she was in the City.
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 The Ides of March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ides was a rather abrupt visitor, breezing, or should I say, gusting, into QuestionLady’s office one afternoon while she was minding her own business.
Ides was a classically handsome man, in the Greco-Roman mold (as he is a Roman invention, perhaps a Roman mold would do.) He was, however, dressed in modern clothes: jeans, oxford shirt, and a leather jacket.
Most people are joking when they say ‘Beware the Ides of March.’ For another, you can look at it this way: At least people have heard of you.
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 Act Profile for - NiteLite Event Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With their original lyrics and melodic blend of horns and rock, the band catapulted to the top of the rock music heap with the 1970 release, "Vehicle." This smash hit became their signature song, topping the Cashbox chart and reaching #2 on Billboard.
In addition, the Ides released several songs that were locally popular, including "You Wouldn't Listen to Me" and the soulful "L.A. Goodbye," which became a #1 hit in Chicago.
Today, the Ides are still marching on, with a plethora of tour dates and two amazing releases.
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 Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/Ides
In the ancient Roman calendar the fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
In one measure of how fast this calendar has become in recent years, by the Ides of March 1984, seven states had held primaries, said Rhodes Cook, the author of "Race for the Presidency".
There is a poem inviting Philodemos to dinner which he is supposed to have written himself, and one of the other guests is Artemidorus, very likely the same son of Theopompos of Cnidos who warned Caesar about the Ides of March in 44 BC on his way to his assassination.
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 Holiday Insights : Ides of March
The Ides of March is the first day of the Roman New Year.It also marks the first day of spring in the Roman calendar.
On this day in history, Julius Caesar was warned by soothsayers to "beware of the Ides of March".
Apparently, he did not heed the warning strongly enough as he was stabbed by Marcus Brutus on the Ides of March in 44 BC.
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 CMT.com : Ides of March : Biography
Chicago's Ides of March burst onto the national scene in 1970 with the million-selling single "Vehicle," a tune that bore more than a passing resemblance to the then
Formed in the mid-1960s in the Windy City, founding member Jim Peterik put the original Ides together as a teen band, strong on original material and British pop harmonies.
Soon the band was recording for London's Parrot Records subsidiary, releasing five singles between 1966 and 1967, including the local hit "You Wouldn't Listen." By the late 1960s, however, Peterik had reconfigured the band to include a full horn section, and a new sound and style for the band was born.
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 The Ides Of March - Friendly Strangers: The Warner Bros. Recordings - from Rhino Handmade
You may know the Ides from their hit "Vehicle" (in April 1970 it almost topped the pop chart, second only to The Guess Who's "American Woman").
The Ides began as The Shondels in Berwyn, Illinois, in 1965.
Fast forward to 1990, when The Ides Of March got together to play what was supposed to be a single reunion concert.
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 Vehicle by The Ides Of March Songfacts
As I was trying to screw up the courage to say hello, she turned to me and said, 'Aren't you Peterik?' Turns out she had seen the Ides Of March a month previously when we opened for the New Colony Six at Morton West High School.
The Ides Of March formed in 1965 in Berwyn, Illinois.
Their 1966 hit "You Wouldn't Listen" (as "The I'des Of March) is one of the finest recordings from the garage rock era.
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 Urban Dictionary: ides of march
One month after the ides of February, the day you started paying for forgetting about valentines day.
Julius Ceaser was assainated by the Roman consuls on the Ides of March
2) "The Ides of March is a heavy tune from a heavy band with clear and present "warning" lyrics!"
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IDES OF MARCH According to the ancient Roman calendar, the ides fell on the 13th of the month with the exception of the months March, May, July, and October, when it fell on the 15th.
It was on March 15, 44 B.C. that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated.
Contrary to popular belief, including William Shakespeare, Caesar was not assassinated in the Capitol, but rather near the statue of Pompey, where the Senate used to meet.
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 www.myspace.com/theidesofmarch
The IDES OF MARCH mark a rare milestone in any partnership, let alone rock and roll; they have remained together, with all the original members intact for over forty years.
Best remembered for their 1970 smash Vehicle, the IDES (or their lead singer and songwriter Jim Peterik) have had hit records in each of the decades since that humble beginning.
In concert, the IDES OF MARCH remain a powerhouse rock and roll band that defies the fact that all of the members (save one) are on the plus side of 50 years of age.
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 Beware the Ides of March, Howard !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Beware the Ides of March, Prime Miniature Howard.
Indeed, for Appian, "the difference it made was only of a word since in reality the dictator is exactly like a king." A month later, on the Ides of March (Idus Martiae), the would-be king was dead.
No one seriously expects Costello, his smirk now skewiff, to thrust a dagger into Howard's puny ribs or Abbott, the failed catholic priest, to cudgel the little goblin's skull but the scenario is none the less real.
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 bookideas.com: The Ides Of March by Ron Cutler
bookideas.com: The Ides Of March by Ron Cutler
The first thing to say about ‘The Ides Of March’ is that it really deserves better proofreading.
Overall, ‘The Ides Of March’ is an enjoyable thriller that deserves mainstream success.
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 Beware the Ides of March (Le Monde de Kate du Fromage)
Beware the Ides of March (Le Monde de Kate du Fromage)
It's too blurry to read, but it says, "ANSWERED MARCH 15 2004." You might wonder whether this episode really was out of character for me (given the questionable grace with which I conduct my day to day life).
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
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 BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH
That ancient conquest took the Greeks right to the doors of India, and history is repeating itself, except that it may have run out of cycles by March, or culminate in a pact for a strategic future in New Delhi.
Till March, however, there is yet a little of hope of lighting Havana cigars instead of a global bonfire.
If the neocons prevail in casting their war spell on Bush, the ides of March will surely herald a global scourge.
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 Ides Of March - Aderholt For Congress
Ides of March - Assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. The Ides marked a point of time on the calendar.
In March, the Ides were on the 15....(Continue Reading)
Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15).
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