Beware of False Tales About the Ides of March
The Takeaway | Mar 12, 2015
The phrase "Beware the Ides of March" was never uttered to warn Julius Caesar about his imminent assassination. That fact is just one of the historical tidbits unearthed in a new book looking back at the events that led to the death of Rome's most famous emperor.
Barry Strauss, a Cornell University history professor, is the author of "The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination." He says that it's important to look at what Caesar's death represented during its time in order to understand why the event holds a grip on our imaginations even after all these years.
