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It wasn’t good for Julius Caesar — he got stabbed 23 times by his trusted friends on this day in 44 B.C. Fast forward a few thousand years and Ryan Gosling gets fired from George Clooney’s presidential campaign in the political drama _The Ides of March._ Even Homer Simpson is warned of his downfall on the Ides of March after being the Chosen One of the Stonecutters club. The Ides of March have a doom-filled reputation, but every month has its Ides. Let TIME be your soothsayer and explain exactly why you should, or shouldn’t, beware. ## Transcript [00:01] Beware the ides of March. Beware the [00:05] Ides of March. But what are we being wary of? And [00:08] what's an ide? The ides are a calendar measurement. [00:10] Roman's didn't count the days of the month from [00:13] beginning to end. They counted back from anchor [00:15] days. They divided the month, calling the first day the [00:18] kalends. And, the 5th and 7th, the nones. The ides fell [00:22] on the 13th or 15th, depending on the length of the [00:24] month. For example, instead of saying it's March 10th, [00:27] they'd say it's five days until the Ides of March. So [00:31] every month has ides. Why beware March? Despite [00:34] being the third month of the Julian calendar, the oldest [00:37] Roman calendars had March as the first month. And [00:39] the 15th day was the last day of celebration for the [00:42] new year. Famously Julius Caesar was murdered on the [00:45] Ides of March in 44 BC. As immortalized in the [00:48] Shakespeare play. And the creepy soothsayer, won't [00:51] let you forget it. [00:56] Beware, the Ides of March. What man is that? A [00:57] soothsayer bid you beware the Ides of March. This [01:00] marked the end of the Roman Republic. And the [01:02] beginning of the Roman Empire. The ides has slipped [01:04] into the pop culture pantheon. With references in [01:07] everything from the [01:11] Simpsons. Beware the Ides of March. No. To an [01:13] eponymous feature film. I'll do or say anything if I [01:14] believe in it. But I have to believe in the cause. Instead [01:17] of a new year, or a doomed prophecy, the Ides of [01:20] March now represent the beginning of Spring. The [01:22] halfway point of Lent. And the dreaded illness, March [01:25] Madness. Beware. He's a dreamer, let [01:30] us leave him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/25777/beware-the-ides-of-march/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/25777/beware-the-ides-of-march/"},"headline":"Beware the Ides of March","datePublished":"2014-03-14T22:06:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-01T08:47:54.568Z","description":"The 15th of March isn't filled with doom. 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