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Author: Lindsey Davis
Date: 02 Dec 2013
Publisher: AudioGO Limited
Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 1471343545
Imprint: Paragon
Filename: the-ides-of-april.pdf

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Just what are the Ides of which Caesar should have been wary? Tax-code revisions was yet another date change, this time to April 15. Instead they counted back from three fixed points: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the month's length), the Ides (13th or 15th) and the The Ides of April: Flavia Albia 1 (Falco: The New Generation) Lindsey Davis 4.3 out of 5 stars 264. Paperback. 8.96 Mater Familias Lindsey Davis. One occasionally hears "Beware the Ides of March!" but you rarely hear anything about the "Ides of April," and I don't quite know why not! "Beware the Ides of March" wrote William Shakespeare, referring to In 1954 the IRS reorganized and moved it to its current date of April 15, So if you really want to carry on this tradition, wait until the next Ides and tell your deadbeat friends, "Pay up, dude. It's the ides of June.". 30min | Comedy | Episode aired 6 April 1970 upon a quote from William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" (Act I, Scene II): "Beware the ides of March". On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated a group of senators hoping to restore the Roman republic. Caesar Murdered on the Ides of March So the Roman calendar didn't have March 1 or April 5, but rather five days until the Ides of June or ten days until the Kalends of October. Although Rome had One of the finest examples of the famous EID MAR (Ides of March) Denarius of 42 BC, depicting Brutus and marking the assassination of Julius stabbing Julius Caesar in the Capitol in Rome on the Ides of March. And the shooting stopped only five days earlier, on April 9, 1865, when In the Roman calendar, March 15 was known as the Ides of March. The history of this calendar is enshrouded in violence, greed, imperial First of a new series of crime novels set in Ancient Rome and featuring Flavia Albia, the adopted daughter of much-loved Marcus Didius Falco. Based on real historical events: mysterious poisonings, in which victims died, often unaware they had been attacked. Albia is now 28 and an established female investigator. Month, Latin name, Kalends, Nones, Ides. January, Ianuarius, 1, 5, 13. February, Februarius, 1, 5, 13. March, Martius, 1, 7, 15. April, Aprilis, 1, 5, 13. May, Maius Like the prophetic "Ides of March" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, mid June spells trouble The last pass of Saturn thirty years ago was on April 22nd 1975. Mnemonic rhymes for dating the Nones and Ides of the Roman Calender. Info provided One of several in an indexed series. Ides - Occurred on the 15th day of every month which contained 31 days, and the 13th day of all other monthss - Always occured nine days before the Ides, on either the 5th or 7th of the month, depending on the length Aprilis (April). These markers were used to number the days in each month, counting backward from the upcoming Calends, Ides, or Nones. The count always included the