The Lesson of the Ides (Part II)

It’s hard to add to the discussion about Julius Caesar. His remarkable life has been studied for centuries and will continue to be, as long as people are interested in ancient Rome.

Many find him magnetizing two thousand years after his death. As I detailed a couple of years back, he accomplished much in his 56 years on this planet. Ultimately, his fall contains just as many messages as his rise. The more powerful he got, the more he wanted. Despite claiming the title of dictator in perpetuum, he failed to stop the assassin’s knife on the Ides of March in 44 BCE. (The idus was roughly the midpoint of the month in the Roman calendar system)

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