[Tupelo]

I have often wondered if Julius Caesar was actually assassinated on the ‘Ides of March” or if Shakespeare sorta kinda figured it sounded good.
What I do know is the Ides of March was sorta kinda different on the calendar Shakespeare was using than the calendar them old Roman did. 12-13 days off?

[nickcarraway]

Shakespeare didn’t come up with, his source, Plutarch said a soothsayer warned Caesar about that date. Of course, Shakespeare did like predictions, witches, soothsayers, omens, and that kind of thing, so he would jump on it.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

I have often wondered if Julius Caesar was actually assassinated on the ‘Ides of March” or if Shakespeare sorta kinda figured it sounded good.

Julius Caesar was killed on March 15th. March 15th was an important day in the Republic - it was the first business day of the year for the Roman Senate (March, not January, being the first month of the year in the original Roman calendar). March 15th was the day the two elected consuls would give their acceptance speeches to the Senate. It was also the day the previous year's taxes and debts were due to Rome. And on March 14th, Brutus attended a dinner party at Caesar's home and invited Caesar to give a speech to adjourn the Senate the next day, in the tradition of previous consuls, in which Caesar accepted.