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kuzi16

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Uncle Sam: Beware the ides of April.

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Andrew Dzikoski

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The ides doesn't mean "the 15th". The word "ides," which rhymes with "hides," is actually singular. According to the Roman calendar, the ides was the day of the full moon. It corresponded to the 13th day in most months, but the 15th of March, May, July, and October. The ancient Romans didn't think there was anything particularly inauspicious about the Ides of March, or the ides of any other month for that matter. The day was usually an occasion for honoring the deity of the month, Mars, by having a military parade. But in 44 BC, March 15 stood out as an especially bad day for at least one ancient Roman.

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The ides doesn't mean "the 15th". The word "ides," which rhymes with "hides," is actually singular. According to the Roman calendar, the ides was the day of the full moon. It corresponded to the 13th day in most months, but the 15th of March, May, July, and October. The ancient Romans didn't think there was anything particularly inauspicious about the Ides of March, or the ides of any other month for that matter. The day was usually an occasion for honoring the deity of the month, Mars, by having a military parade. But in 44 BC, March 15 stood out as an especially bad day for at least one ancient Roman.

This was an odd bit of trivia in which you started out appearing to disagree with Kuzi, and then proceeded to entirely revert back to his original posting. .....thanks?

kuzi16

Hays:

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The ides doesn't mean "the 15th". The word "ides," which rhymes with "hides," is actually singular. According to the Roman calendar, the ides was the day of the full moon. It corresponded to the 13th day in most months, but the 15th of March, May, July, and October. The ancient Romans didn't think there was anything particularly inauspicious about the Ides of March, or the ides of any other month for that matter. The day was usually an occasion for honoring the deity of the month, Mars, by having a military parade. But in 44 BC, March 15 stood out as an especially bad day for at least one ancient Roman.

This was an odd bit of trivia in which you started out appearing to disagree with Kuzi, and then proceeded to entirely revert back to his original posting. .....thanks?

hey, i thought it was interesting.

ljl

3/15 is my birthday. Always felt a little strange about the soothsayer's warning. Never really felt like much of a "beware" guy, just kind of sticks with ya' though.