{"id":23314,"date":"2015-03-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=23314"},"modified":"2015-03-06T15:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T21:58:19","slug":"beware-the-ides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/beware-the-ides-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware the Ides of March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1110547\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23339\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/deathofceasar.jpg?resize=302%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"deathofceasar\" width=\"302\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/deathofceasar.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/deathofceasar.jpg?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a>Beware the Ides of March. \u00a0Do you know what this famous phrase means?<\/p>\n<p>If you are a fan of William Shakespeare you will know that this phrase is from the play,\u00a0<em>Julius Caesar.<\/em>\u00a0 The soothsayer warns Julius Caesar that he will die on March 15.\u00a0 While the phrase sounds ominous to us, it would not have sounded strange to Julius Caesar. \u00a0The Romans had different names for different days of the month.\u00a0 If Caesar had received this warning, he would have just thought, &#8220;March 15h might be a bad day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The assassination of Julius Caesar is arguably the most famous assassination in world history.\u00a0 On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was murdered at the Theatre of Pompey.\u00a0 The members of the Senate plotted to murder Caesar.\u00a0 They surrounded him and stabbed Caesar to death.<\/p>\n<p>But there is more to the story. \u00a0Author Barry Strauss just released his new book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=1110547\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Death of Caesar: the Story of History&#8217;s Most Famous Assassination.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> This new audiobook promises to shed new light on one of the most famous days in history.\u00a0 Strauss details the key players and events that led to the assassination of Julius Caesar and he reveals a person that few people know about.\u00a0 Decimus, one of Caesar&#8217;s generals and a lifelong friend, was a mole.\u00a0 His betrayal was worse than the betrayal of Brutus.<\/p>\n<p>The Davenport Public Library has a lot of information on Julius Caesar as well as William Shakespeare&#8217;s play,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.3&amp;cn=659934\" target=\"_blank\">Julius Caesar<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0 If you would like to learn more, talk to one of our reference librarians today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware the Ides of March. \u00a0Do you know what this famous phrase means? 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