The only reason I know this is because my birthday falls on the day before one of them, but the months of July and October also have Ides. In those months the 13th is considered the Ides.
Good historical article on the Ides of March, Brent. Probably the most important lesson from this history is that the oligarch types (Julius Caesar being only the last in a series) destroyed the Roman Republic (a democracy) and it could never be put back together again. Let's hope that that isn't the outcome with Donald Caesar (Cheeser, or Cheese-Head).
The Latin 'ides' in this context means roughly 'middle day of the month' - i.e., equal number of days before and after. We're there (15 March) for 2025. I just dug out my old Latin dictionary and also looked up Kalends or Calends on Wikipedia (source of our word 'calendar') and it's complicated. Anyway, this is our modern 2025 March (month of Mars, agricultural deity who defended crops from vermin and later a war god). We may need Mars to show up and read the riot act to these vermin who have taken over our republic. Julius Caesar as dictator lasted about 2 years. There were Civil Wars and Social Wars preceding, so there was a lot of unrest leading up to his usurpation. Following his murder, there were more civil wars including the famous battle of Actium (Octavian Caesar's assistant Agrippa versus Antony and Cleopatra, and also a third or turd character named Lepidus). Peace was finally restored under Octavian (known to history as Augustus, roughly meaning venerable) and a pretense of the republic continued for centuries, but it was in fact a tyranny from there on.
By the way, I again and again make the point: Trump was never elected. There is no 'electoral college' in the U.S. Constitution...a corporate republican scam, like the Heller 2004 decision among other things...so a guy like Caesar or Trump is what historians call a USURPER... a person illegally in power.
Thanks Brent, I appreciate your history lesson. I don’t think that our Caesar has any idea of history but I was wondering who you believe is the modern Brutus? After all that’s happened with this administration recently so closely mirroring some “dark” periods in history.
I wouldn’t begin to speculate on that, Tim. The story line goes that Julius Caesar didn’t see it coming when his best friend (or so he thought) joined in the assassination plot. If you are modernizing the plot, then your guess is as good as mine.
I was just commenting on the Ides to one of my kids this morning. Thank you for the reminder that deeds, good or bad, often have consequences not foreseen.
The only reason I know this is because my birthday falls on the day before one of them, but the months of July and October also have Ides. In those months the 13th is considered the Ides.
Nice to hear from you again, Elaine!
Good historical article on the Ides of March, Brent. Probably the most important lesson from this history is that the oligarch types (Julius Caesar being only the last in a series) destroyed the Roman Republic (a democracy) and it could never be put back together again. Let's hope that that isn't the outcome with Donald Caesar (Cheeser, or Cheese-Head).
The Latin 'ides' in this context means roughly 'middle day of the month' - i.e., equal number of days before and after. We're there (15 March) for 2025. I just dug out my old Latin dictionary and also looked up Kalends or Calends on Wikipedia (source of our word 'calendar') and it's complicated. Anyway, this is our modern 2025 March (month of Mars, agricultural deity who defended crops from vermin and later a war god). We may need Mars to show up and read the riot act to these vermin who have taken over our republic. Julius Caesar as dictator lasted about 2 years. There were Civil Wars and Social Wars preceding, so there was a lot of unrest leading up to his usurpation. Following his murder, there were more civil wars including the famous battle of Actium (Octavian Caesar's assistant Agrippa versus Antony and Cleopatra, and also a third or turd character named Lepidus). Peace was finally restored under Octavian (known to history as Augustus, roughly meaning venerable) and a pretense of the republic continued for centuries, but it was in fact a tyranny from there on.
By the way, I again and again make the point: Trump was never elected. There is no 'electoral college' in the U.S. Constitution...a corporate republican scam, like the Heller 2004 decision among other things...so a guy like Caesar or Trump is what historians call a USURPER... a person illegally in power.
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Thanks Brent, I appreciate your history lesson. I don’t think that our Caesar has any idea of history but I was wondering who you believe is the modern Brutus? After all that’s happened with this administration recently so closely mirroring some “dark” periods in history.
I wouldn’t begin to speculate on that, Tim. The story line goes that Julius Caesar didn’t see it coming when his best friend (or so he thought) joined in the assassination plot. If you are modernizing the plot, then your guess is as good as mine.
I have no clue since I don’t think that he even has a best friend. Maybe Putin. (Haha)
That’s reasonable, Tim.
I was just commenting on the Ides to one of my kids this morning. Thank you for the reminder that deeds, good or bad, often have consequences not foreseen.
Thanks, Kay-El. I used AI for this because I did not want to put my own “spin” on the topic or of its applicability to current events.