Ides Day

Today is the 15th of March which is the Ides of March. This is a throw back to the Roman calendar in that there were three important days of the month. Nones, Ides and Kalends. Kalends was the first day of the next month and this day set all the days in the preceding month. Nones was either the 5th or the 7th day and the Ides was either the 13th or 15th. Romans though odd days were lucky. Also the Ides of March was the day Cesar was stabbed to death in the year 44 BS (Before the Starting date). The Ides occurred near the midpoint, on the 13th for most months, but on the 15th for March, May, July, and October. "The ides of March have come" was what Cesar told the seer who prophesied of harm coming to him by the Ides. But of course the day was not done and Cesar got his a short time later. The Romans assigned these calends to the first day of the month, signifying the start of the new moon cycle. On that day, the pontiffs would announce at the Curia Calabra the rest days for the upcoming month and the debtors had to pay off their debts that were inscribed in the kalendaria, a sort of accounts book.