The Ides of March was the fateful day in 44 B.C. when Julius Caesar was assassinated.
Why is it interesting to note? Well, the man who succeeded Caesar is Emperor Augustus who brought peace and stability to Rome after Julius Caesar was assassinated known as the pax Romanus.
"Pax Romana," or Roman peace which was a time in the Roman Empire that lasted from about 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E. It was said that an old women could ride a mule with a bag of gold from Jerusalem to Spain and not get attacked due to the fear of Romes retribution on those disrupting the stability of the Empire.
Augustus is also the man who ordered the census that was the first of its kind in Rome, but it took 15 years for the Jews to be counted because they appealed to Rome due to the law of Moses that said thou shalt not count the people. Well, they lost and eventually had to be counted. This caused Jesus to be born in Bethlehem when he was.
If the Jews did not appeal the census to Rome, the census would have been much earlier and prophecy wopuld not have been fulfilled.
So in 6 BC, Quirinius was made governor of Syria by Augustus, and after the ruling from Rome that the Jews had to be counted, Quirinius then ordered the Jews to be counted which coincided with the time that Mary was pregnant with Jesus.
So this day is somewhat important to Christians because it was on this day that Caesar was assisted on the senate Floor in Rome, which ultimately set things up so our savior was born in Bethlehem to fulfill the prophecy by the Prophet Mica,
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands for Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting." (Micah 5:2)
God bless you all on this day, "The Ides Of March" which led to Joseph taking Mary to Bethleham.
