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Why Did Julius Caesar End On The Ides Of March

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The Ides of March is a day on the traditional Roman calendar that matches up with the date March 15th on our current calendar. This date is commonly associated with the assassination and death of Julius Caesar in the year 44 B.C. Caesar was warned during mid-February that the next thirty days were to be filled with lots of danger and problems. The haruspex, Spurinna, warned it would all end on the Ides of March.

There were said to be many different plots to kill Caesar and for several reasons. One reason was that Caesar was to be named king in mid-march to be able to conquer Parthia. Brutus and Cassius, the main conspirators, were magistrates of the Senate. This meant they would not be allowed to oppose the crowning of Caesar nor …show more content…

This caused another reason for Caesar to be killed. The senators feared his power ,and that he would overthrow the senate in general tyranny. Around sixty senators came to the conclusion that Julius Caesar needed to be killed in order to save Rome.

The conspirators never met in open places ,so they would meet at someone’s house. There were many ideas and proposals from the large group of men. One suggestion was to kill him during a gladiatorial show. Another idea to kill him on his daily walk along the Sacred Way ,but they all agreed on the plan of killing him at the Senate. They could all be there and hide their daggers and knives in each person’s toga.

Friends of Caesar heard rumors of his assassination ,but he never listened to their warnings. Doctors advised him not to go to the meeting with the Senate because of medical issues. Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, begged him not to go based off troubling dreams she had been having. Brutus, one of conspirators, then persuaded Caesar into coming by saying ‘, What is this, Caesar? Are you a man to pay attention to a woman’s dreams and the idle gossip of stupid men, and to insult the Senate by not going out, although it has honored you and has been specially summoned by you? But listen to me, cast aside the forebodings of all these people, and come. The Senate has been in session waiting

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