It’s March 15, 2023. Once again the Ides of March. Two millennia, six decades and seven years ago, more or less (given Pope Gregory’s machinations with the calendar), Gaius Iulius Caesar was assassinated by a number of the colleagues he’d pardoned multiple times, including his reputed illegitimate son, Marcus Junius Brutus, as he entered the purportedly sacrosanct Roman Senate. His crime, protecting the Roman lower classes against those who perceived themselves their betters, and denominated themselves the “
Once Again, the Ides of March
Once Again, the Ides of March
Once Again, the Ides of March
It’s March 15, 2023. Once again the Ides of March. Two millennia, six decades and seven years ago, more or less (given Pope Gregory’s machinations with the calendar), Gaius Iulius Caesar was assassinated by a number of the colleagues he’d pardoned multiple times, including his reputed illegitimate son, Marcus Junius Brutus, as he entered the purportedly sacrosanct Roman Senate. His crime, protecting the Roman lower classes against those who perceived themselves their betters, and denominated themselves the “