Today is the Ides of March, the day Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by conspirators in 44 B.C.E. The Roman Senate felt Cesar was a threat to the Republic, and had tyrannical leanings. An assassination was planned where only senators were allowed to be present, knives easily concealed in the drapery of their togas. Despite warnings Caesar went to meet the Senate. Upon arrival he was set upon, and murdered. The assassination that was meant to save the Republic actually resulted, ultimately, in its downfall. It sparked a series of civil wars and led to Julius' heir, Octavian, becoming Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
A pleasure to wake up to your words. Well told story of Julius Caesar. I was alerted to The Writer's Almanac some years ago when a friend heard you celebrate my uncle, the poet Robert Lax, on his birthday. You might be interested to know that Philip Glass turned his "Circus Days and Nights" into an opera, with a real circus on stage!
A pleasure to wake up to your words. Well told story of Julius Caesar. I was alerted to The Writer's Almanac some years ago when a friend heard you celebrate my uncle, the poet Robert Lax, on his birthday. You might be interested to know that Philip Glass turned his "Circus Days and Nights" into an opera, with a real circus on stage!
Hi. You misspelled BCE. It should be BC. Right? Let us not give in to the bully elites!
I received a totally different poem than the one listed (march 14's selection instead of William Stafford