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Ides of March
The
Ides of March
(,
Late Latin
: ) is a day on the
Roman calendar
that corresponds to 15 March. It was marked by several
religious observances
and became notorious as the date of the
assassination of Julius Caesar
in 44 BC. The death of Caesar made the Ides of March a turning point in Roman history, as one of the events that marked the transition from the
historical period
known as the
Roman Republic
to the
Roman Empire
.
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