{"id":140810,"date":"2025-03-02T04:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140810"},"modified":"2025-03-02T04:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:16:53","slug":"what-is-the-ides-of-march-and-should-you-be-concerned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140810","title":{"rendered":"What is the Ides of March and should you be concerned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"play-64178aee30016b9\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/320\/179\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/640\/358\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/768\/432\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1536\/864\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/1984\/1116\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/ms\/stg1\/weather\/992\/558\/play-64178aee30016b9--worm1_1678212076416.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"March's full\u00a0moon, also known as the\u00a0worm moon, lit up the night sky around the world when it reached its peak illumination early Tuesday morning.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">March&#8217;s full\u00a0moon, also known as the\u00a0worm moon, lit up the night sky around the world when it reached its peak illumination early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Beware the Ides of March.&#8221; It\u2019s a phrase we hear every year as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/meteorological-spring-climatological-spring-march-1-may-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meteorological spring<\/a> begins to take hold, but is there any real cause for concern? \u00a0After all, some of America&#8217;s greatest storms usually form during this infamous period.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The phrase dates back to the times of Julius Caesar and is one of the most iconic sayings thanks to William Shakespeare&#8217;s play.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As legend has it, a person who could foresee the future warned Caesar that danger loomed and advised him to &#8220;beware the Ides of March.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Under the ancient Roman calendar, the Ides referred to the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a> of any month, which usually occurred between the 12th and 16th.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Unlike future versions of the calendar, the Roman calendar is believed to have originally been based on the phases of the Moon and the seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Each year began in March and ended in December, totaling 304 days, <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/encyclopaedia_romana\/calendar\/romancalendar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to experts from the University of Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman senators on March 15, 44 BCE, which is why the saying &#8220;beware the Ides of March&#8221; is still associated with that infamous date.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/gettyimages-515360202.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Julius Caesar and Wife in Crowd\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Lydia, Caesar&#8217;s wife admonishing Caesar not to go to the Senate on the ides of March, 44 B. C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/happy-mood-weather-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHEN IS THE HAPPIEST TIME OF DAY?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/encyclopaedia_romana\/calendar\/romancalendar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to historical experts<\/a>, Caesar had been working with astronomers to reform the calendar system to something more similar to what is used today: a Sun-based system, rather than one based on the lunar cycle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">These reforms were implemented around 45 BCE, roughly a year before his death, and came to be known as the Julian calendar.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The revamped system had 365 days, with a leap year added every four years, based on the understanding at the time that it took 365.25 days for the Earth to orbit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A person today might consider this advancement to be genius, but according to historians, this very innovation might have contributed to Caesar\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The shift away from Roman traditions was just one of many reforms Caesar enacted that angered traditionalists and ultimately led to his assassination.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/july-blog-post-julius-caesars-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to historians<\/a>, the Roman Senate honored Caesar\u2019s death by renaming the seventh month of the year from &#8220;Quintilis&#8221; to &#8220;Julius,&#8221; which later became known as &#8220;July&#8221; with the rise of the English language.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The calendar system was used for more than 1,600 years until Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, which is still the system in use today.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Julian calendar\u2019s addition of an extra day in February every four years eventually caused the calendar to become too displaced from the seasons. To address this, a scientist by the name Aloysius Lilius devised a plan to use leap days only in years divisible by four, except for end-of-century dates, which must be divisible by a factor of 400.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/leap-year-explainer-years-calendar-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leap days<\/a> largely addressed the problems with the Julius system and helped keep the calendar more aligned with the planet\u2019s orbit around the Sun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/gettyimages-1404550315.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Maison Carr\u00e9e, a ancient Roman temple built around 4-7 AD and dedicated to Julius Caesar\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Maison Carr\u00e9e, an ancient Roman temple built around 4-7 AD and dedicated to Julius Caesar, the best preserved example of a Roman temple, Nimes, France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Sergi Reboredo\/VW Pics\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/australia-kangaroos-climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMISE OF AUSTRALIA\u2019S LARGE KANGAROOS LIKELY NOT CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, STUDY SUGGESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">\u2018Ides of March\u2019 has infamous history with weather<\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Ides of March coincides with the time of year when the transition from winter to spring occurs across North America.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">March 15 has witnessed a number of significant weather events over the years, including the devastating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/storm-of-the-century-struck-east-coast-in-1993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Storm of the Century&#8221; in 1993<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">This record-breaking storm system produced heavy snowfall, flooding and wind damage, leading to the deaths of over 300 people and causing approximately $5 billion in damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/superstorms.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Satellite image of the 1993 Superstorm\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Satellite image of the 1993 Superstorm<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NOAA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The central pressure of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-noreaster-definition-northeast-snowstorm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nor\u2019easter<\/a> was equivalent to that of a Category 3 hurricane, and it impacted more than 120 million residents across the eastern United States.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">In 1938, an Ides of March tornado outbreak struck the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, killing dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/illinois\/belleville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belleville, Illinois<\/a>, outside of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared to be one of the hardest hit areas, with meteorologists estimating wind speeds of F4 strength. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">And in 1941, one of the worst blizzards to ever affect the Upper Midwest triggered hurricane-force wind gusts and claimed 71 lives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/abr\/This_Day_in_Weather_History_Mar_15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the National Weather Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Winds gusted to 75 mph at Duluth, Minnesota, and reached 85 mph at Grand Forks, North Dakota. Snow drifts twelve feet high were reported in north-central Minnesota,&#8221; the NWS stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Dr. Brian Chen of the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center spoke about the ways changing our clocks by an hour can affect our sleep schedules. 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