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                   I  D  E  S     O  F     M  A  R  C  H


        Upon his return to Rome in 45 b.c., Caesar plunged into affairs of
state with the same lightning energy and whirl wind effects that had character-
ized his military career.



        He currently then came back to Rome and made the Julian Calendar
that was only 355 days long and was off by about 1 hour which really counted
up in the years to come which would of messed up the time of winter and summer
and all of the other seasons. But today we use the Gregorian Calendar
which was named for Pope Gregory XIII, it still is off about 22 seconds but we
can't have a calendar to be perfect.



        While Julius Caesar was still in Rome he tricked all of his
friends and Caesar's friends to turn against Caesar, and tricked Brutus in
killing Julius Caesar.

          On March 15, 45 b.c. Julius Caesar was murdered!
             That is why we call it the "Ides of March".
