6 Implied Threats of the Ides of March

6  IMPLIED THREATS  OF  THE  IDES  OF  MARCH  

In recent days there have been several hints/threats implied by anonymous writers on the internet to be concerned about ‘the Ides of March’, March 15th, and what it may mean for our nation.

These anonymous implied threats may indicate a copy cat scenario of the story of Julius Caesar and/or for our nation.  

Please pray for the protection of our President and his family and staff more than ever during this time.
 

 
This is what most of us know about the death of Julius Caesar, half-remembered from movies and plays:

• Some soothsayer said, “Beware the Ides of March.”
• A few idealistic Romans decided to win back Rome for the people.
• Caesar got stabbed by Brutus with a big sword, said “Et tu, Brute?” and died nobly.

All of that is wrong.

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. He’s the author of The Death of Caesar, a new book that chronicles one of history’s most infamous assassinations and dispels a lot of half-remembered myths.

A lot of those myths come from Shakespeare who relied exclusively on Plutarch to paint his picture of Rome. But Strauss uses Plutarch in concert with other ancient sources like Nicolaus of Damascus, Suetonius, Appian, and Cassius Dio, as well as the work of other scholars. Weighed against one another, together they form a more complete picture of Rome at the time — and one that happens to bust a lot of myths.
 Myth 1: A soothsayer told Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March”