{"id":4431,"date":"2006-03-15T10:53:34","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T14:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/15\/ides-of-march-trivia\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:05","slug":"ides-of-march-trivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/15\/ides-of-march-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"ides of March trivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T<\/strong><\/em>hanks to the magic of baby-boomer memory lapses, <\/font><\/p>\n

this post<\/a> from a year ago today is as fresh as ever <\/font><\/p>\n

for me:<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/font>Caesar Bust [Sandro Vannini\/Corbis] <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Things I probably used to know but learned again today<\/em>:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

History tells us that Julius Caesar was killed 2049 [ed. note: <\/font><\/p>\n

you’ll have to do the calculating this year] years ago, on the<\/font><\/p>\n

ides of March<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, 44 B.C. Despite Ceasar’s fate, <\/font>Wikipedia<\/font><\/a> says<\/font><\/p>\n

that <\/font>the ides<\/strong><\/font><\/a> (which fell on either the 13 or 15th of the month) were <\/font><\/p>\n

considered auspicious, and traditionally corresponded with the<\/font><\/p>\n

full moon (a favorite of haiku lovers and other romantics). <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thanks largely to Shakespeare’s line, in <\/font>Julius Caesar<\/font><\/em><\/a>, “<\/font>et tu, Brute?<\/strong><\/font><\/a>,” the Ides of March is now associated with <\/font>treachery by a friend. So, this might be a good day to practice <\/font>and express your loyalty to those who merit it.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"tiny I learned a couple interesting things about the Roman calendar and <\/font>the notion of <\/font>fasti<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/a>, clicking around <\/font>Wikipedia<\/font><\/a> today. It appears that legal<\/font> activities could only take place on certain days (dies fasti<\/em>), while <\/font>“dies nefasti<\/em>” were days, designated N<\/em> on the calendar, on which the courts could not sit, for various religious reasons, and dies<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/font>endotercissus<\/em>, designated EN<\/em>, were days when legal actions were <\/font><\/font>permitted on half of the day only. Does this give <\/font>Walter Olson<\/font><\/a> any<\/font> possible reform strategies?<\/font>
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New this year<\/strong><\/em>: At NPR this morning, Robert Krulwich commemorates <\/font><\/p>\n

Ceasar’s dying breath<\/a> — telling us why chemistry teachers use it as a <\/font><\/p>\n

teaching tool and believe we will all inhale at least one of Casear’s death- <\/font><\/p>\n

breath molecules today (along with a molecule from each breath of every-<\/font><\/p>\n

other human ever on the planet — talk about one-very-poetic-breath). <\/font><\/p>\n

“Commemorate Caesar: Take a Deep Breath!<\/font><\/a>,” <\/font><\/font>March 15, 2006; audio <\/font><\/p>\n

available)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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<\/font>
\nthe cattails
\nlose their heads
\nmarch wind<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

…. by <\/font><\/font>Tom Painting<\/strong><\/font><\/a> from the haiku chapbook <\/font><\/font><\/font>piano practice<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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mid-March thaw \u2013
\net tu,
\nsnow buddha?<\/p>\n

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…….. by dagosan<\/p>\n

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stiff march wind
\nthe sound
\nof an airball<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

…. by <\/font><\/font>Ed Markowski<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

between Pompey
\nand Caesar
\nI place my bookmark<\/p>\n

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<\/font>John Stevenson<\/font><\/a>– <\/font>Some of the Silence<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a> (1999) <\/font><\/p>\n

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March wind <\/font>
\nwondering how I tied my hair<\/font>
\nas a child<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Hilary Tann<\/strong><\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
\n <\/font>Upstate Dim Sum<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a> (2005\/II<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Did you say you wanted a few more poems<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

from Hilary Tann<\/a>? Happy to oblige:<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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morning frost<\/font>
\nthe slight yielding
\nof the earth<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

old boyfriend –
\nhis new wife and I
\nexchange hugs<\/font><\/p>\n

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road crew –<\/font>
\nbright orange jackets <\/font>
\ncircle the old tree<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"watch <\/span><\/span><\/font>Hilary Tann<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/strong><\/font>Upstate Dim Sum<\/font><\/em><\/a> (2005\/II<\/font><\/a>) <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the magic of baby-boomer memory lapses, this post from a year ago today is as fresh as ever for me: Caesar Bust [Sandro Vannini\/Corbis] Things I probably used to know but learned again today: History tells us that Julius Caesar was killed 2049 [ed. note: you’ll have to do the calculating this year] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-19t","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12736,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4431\/revisions\/12736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}