- Ides of March, The
Explains the Ides days in the Roman calendar plus the significance of the Ides of March itself as the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated, March 15, 44 BCE.
www.infoplease.com/spot/ides1.html
- National Geographic: Ides of March Marked Murder of Julius Caesar
Describes how a date common in the Roman calendar became infamous with the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B.C.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0311_040311_idesmarch.html
- Ides of March: Why Worry?
BBC News article describing the superstition of the Ides of March as an unlucky day in terms of Caesar's murder and Shakespeare's famous line.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/296942.stm
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