Ides of March 44 BC

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assassination date in the Roman calendar historical event

The Ides of March 44 BC is the date in the Roman calendar on which Julius Caesar was famously assassinated, marking a turning point in Roman history.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
assassination of Julius Caesar	3
Assassination of Julius Caesar	2
Ides of March 44 BC canonical	1
Ides of March assassination	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1704070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ides of March 44 BC
Context triple: [Julius Caesar, assassinationDate, Ides of March 44 BC]

A. Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
B. murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
C. Year of the Four Emperors
The Year of the Four Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war in 69 AD during which four different men successively claimed the Roman imperial throne before stability was restored under Vespasian.
D. Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
E. Cesare
Cesare is a character in Primo Levi's memoir "The Truce," depicted as an unpredictable, resourceful fellow survivor encountered during Levi's journey home after liberation from Auschwitz.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ides of March 44 BC
Target entity description: The Ides of March 44 BC is the date in the Roman calendar on which Julius Caesar was famously assassinated, marking a turning point in Roman history.

A. Pisonian conspiracy
The Pisonian conspiracy was a major plot in 65 AD by Roman senators and equestrians to overthrow Emperor Nero and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
B. murder of Claudia Octavia
The murder of Claudia Octavia refers to the alleged killing of Nero’s first wife, a popular Roman empress, in a notorious act that underscored the emperor’s brutality and helped fuel public outrage against his rule.
C. Year of the Four Emperors
The Year of the Four Emperors was a tumultuous period of civil war in 69 AD during which four different men successively claimed the Roman imperial throne before stability was restored under Vespasian.
D. Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
E. Cesare
Cesare is a character in Primo Levi's memoir "The Truce," depicted as an unpredictable, resourceful fellow survivor encountered during Levi's journey home after liberation from Auschwitz.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	assassination ⓘ date in the Roman calendar ⓘ historical event ⓘ
countryAtTheTime	Roman Republic ⓘ
hasAftermathEvent	Mark Antony’s funeral oration ⓘ funeral of Julius Caesar ⓘ proscription of conspirators by the Second Triumvirate ⓘ
hasAncientHistorianSource	Appian’s "Roman History" ⓘ linked to: Appian’s Roman History Cassius Dio’s "Roman History" ⓘ linked to: Cassius Dio’s Roman History Suetonius’s "The Twelve Caesars" ⓘ linked to: De vita Caesarum
hasApproximateNumberOfConspirators	about 60 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfWounds	23 ⓘ
hasAssociatedPhrase	Beware the Ides of March ⓘ
hasCalendarDate	15 March 44 BC ⓘ
hasCalendarType	Roman Republican calendar ⓘ linked to: Roman calendar
hasConspirator	Casca ⓘ Cinna ⓘ Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus ⓘ Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ Ligarius ⓘ Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ Trebonius ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	symbol of betrayal in Western culture ⓘ symbol of ominous forewarning ⓘ
hasImmediateOutcome	death of Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasLiterarySource	Plutarch’s "Lives" ⓘ linked to: Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
hasLongTermConsequence	Roman civil wars ⓘ rise of Octavian (Augustus) ⓘ rise of the Second Triumvirate ⓘ transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ
hasMainVictim	Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasMethod	stabbing with daggers ⓘ
hasModernCalendarEquivalent	15 March 44 BC (Julian calendar) ⓘ
hasMotiveForConspirators	desire to restore the authority of the Senate ⓘ fear of Caesar’s growing power ⓘ
hasPerpetratorsCollective	Liberatores ⓘ
hasPoliticalConsequence	end of Julius Caesar’s dictatorship ⓘ power struggle in the Roman Republic ⓘ
hasReligiousContext	day of the festival of Anna Perenna ⓘ
hasRomanCalendarName	Idus Martiae ⓘ
hasVictimRole	dictator perpetuo of the Roman Republic ⓘ
isDramatizedIn	William Shakespeare’s play "Julius Caesar" ⓘ linked to: Julius Caesar (play)
isPartOf	Crisis of the Roman Republic ⓘ linked to: Roman civil wars
isTurningPointIn	Roman history ⓘ late Roman Republic ⓘ
tookPlaceAt	Theatre of Pompey ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Rome ⓘ

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