Even though I got home after 9pm again, I was crafty enough to sneak in my run while Kyle and Gia where at the church soup kitchen volunteering. Not to familiar with Port Jeff station, it was a good thing I noticed a school practically across the street from the Church.
5 miles in 50 minutes made me happy.
This day in history “Julius Caesar, the "dictator for life" of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey's Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed as many as sixty noblemen, including Caesar's own protege, Marcus Brutus.
Caesar was scheduled
to leave Rome to fight in a war on March 18 and had appointed loyal members of
his army to rule the Empire in his absence. The Republican senators, already
chafing at having to abide by Caesar's decrees, were particularly angry about the
prospect of taking orders from Caesar's underlings. Cassius Longinus started
the plot against the dictator, quickly getting his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus
to join.
Caesar should have
been well aware that many of the senators hated him, but he dismissed his
security force not long before his assassination. Reportedly, Caesar was handed
a warning note as he entered the senate meeting that day but did not read it.
After he entered the hall, Caesar was surrounded by senators holding daggers.
Servilius Casca struck the first blow, hitting Caesar in the neck and drawing
blood. The other senators all joined in, stabbing him repeatedly about the
head.
Marcus Brutus wounded
Caesar in the groin and Caesar is said to have remarked in Greek, "You,
too, my child?" In the aftermath of the assassination, Antony attempted to
carry out Caesar's legacy. However, Caesar's will left Octavian in charge as
his adopted son. Cassius and Brutus tried to rally a Republican army and Brutus
even issued coins celebrating the assassination, known as the Ides of March.
Octavian vowed revenge against the assassins, two years later Cassius and
Brutus committed suicide after learning that Octavian's forces had defeated
theirs at the Battle of Philippa in Greece.
Antony took his armies
east, where he hooked up with Caesar's old paramour, Cleopatra. Octavian and
Antony fought for many years until Octavian prevailed. In 30 B.C., Antony
committed suicide. Octavian, later known as Augustus, ruled the Roman Empire
for many more years.”
The Ides of March. The word Ides comes from the Latin word "Idus" and means "half division" especially in relation to a month. It is a word that was used widely in the Roman calendar indicating the approximate day that was the middle of the month. The term ides was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th day of the other months.[1] The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars and a military parade was usually held.
Now the phrase has a meaning closer to “A specific day of abrupt change”
I can tell you the day after the Ides of March, or the day of specific abrupt change, ring true in my life.
Two life changing events transpired the day following the “Ides of March”…curious ? More to be revealed tomorrow on March 16th.
Photo of the day ”The ides of March”
No comments:
Post a Comment