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 href="https://theprimacyofpolitics.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-lesson-of-ides.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a couple of years back</a>, 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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator_perpetuo" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">dictator in perpetuum</a>, he failed to stop the assassin’s knife on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ides of March</a> in 44 BCE. (The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar#Days" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">idus</a> was roughly the midpoint of the month in the Roman calendar system) <a href="https://theprimacyofpolitics.medium.com/the-lesson-of-the-ides-part-ii-5e33a555d692">Read More</a>