"And you, Brutus?"

In 44 BC (A mere 2,050 years ago to this day!) Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman Senators attempting to block his perceived move towards a monarchy. Though imbued with a sense of foreboding and dread by Shakespeare's famous play, the Ides were simply a common way of referring to the 15th of any month.

Above, Vincenzo Camuccini sets the scene in his classic work "One Helluva Toga Party."